A Summer House for the Hens

March 31, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Sickness has plagued our family for the past two weeks, but I think we have finally shaken it!  Illness, two extra children (we are foster parents) and two birthday parties filled my time so much I did not even have time to think about the the farm and this blog. I have been blessed by one friend …

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Eggs Finally!

March 14, 2015 Vanessa White 7 Comments

  We have been getting more and more small pullet eggs.  Today our pullets laid 14!  So far we have not had a problem keeping up with eating them all.  It has been awhile since we have had our own eggs and nothing compares to the taste of a fresh egg.  If we don’t have them …

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Sourdough Bread Baking

March 6, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Since not much has happened on the farm this week (not good stuff anyway…), I decided to concede to a frequent request and give a tutorial for sourdough bread.  It has been a busy week.  We have had power outages, internet outages and a dead calf.  There is always something new to be thankful for …

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