Author: wildflowerfarm

  • The Clothes Drier Commits Seppuku

    The Clothes Drier Commits Seppuku

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    wildflowerfarm

    It has been a mean week and a week of firsts here at Wildflower. It began, with the purchase of some new goats who are presently in milk. Then the clothes drier committed ritual suicide just when I needed it most. I was teaching myself how to milk our new prized goats. My aim still…

  • The Life List

    The Life List

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    wildflowerfarm

    The Life List, was this month’s book club discussion book. We gathered, as we do every month here at Wildflower. There were snacks and lively discussion and debate. Some agreement, some disagreement. But in the end, there were a group of women devoted to each other and to the act that brings us together, reading.

  • Single Quart Goat’s Milk Mozzarella Cheese

    Single Quart Goat’s Milk Mozzarella Cheese

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    wildflowerfarm

    It is a grey, dark day. The air is heavy and still, thick and soupy, suffocating… It feels like a thunderstorm is building…  It is not particularly warm today, unlike yesterday. When the sky was a beautiful shade of blue, dotted with puffy clouds and the birds were singing. We have a cardinal that likes…

  • New Friends On The Farm

    New Friends On The Farm

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    wildflowerfarm

    The sun has been shouting it’s glory around here again, finally. The pale blue of the sky has been so amazing to look at. The rain and dreariness seems to have wandered away and fallen to their death off some cliff somewhere. The result is beautiful days. The trees are in leaf and the birds…

  • Farm Forage Salad

    Farm Forage Salad

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    wildflowerfarm

    Today the sky was a mix of small puffy clouds and sunshiny and thick heavy grey skies. At times I worried, the sky might open and I might get drenched. In the end I did in fact get drenched but not by the sky caving in from the thick clouds up above me. Instead I…

  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova

    Still Alice by Lisa Genova

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    wildflowerfarm

    I picked this image for this book for actually more than one reason. The first reason, is because I made a blunder in that I forgot to photograph the copy of the book I got from the library. Another reason, is because there is a beautiful scene in the book of the main character swimming…

  • Bran Muffins From Self Ground Whole Wheat Flour

    Bran Muffins From Self Ground Whole Wheat Flour

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    wildflowerfarm

    Sunday, is Dr. Farmer Moomin’s favorite day. Here at the homestead, we do something very special most sundays. We make a big hot breakfast. Most of the time I eat some whole wheat bread, fruit, and granola or nuts. Dr. Farmer Moomin, has coffee. But on sunday, we have a large brunch of fresh from…

  • Lilac Vanilla Body Lotion

    Lilac Vanilla Body Lotion

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    wildflowerfarm

    The grey seems to permeate everywhere lately… From the barn yard and the sky to the stock market and consumer confidence. Yesterday it snowed. Which was weird given how devoid of snow the last few years have been. I can’t help thinking about all the stuff being passed right now by our government to pollute…

  • Baby Chicks Update

    Baby Chicks Update

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    wildflowerfarm

    These I know are not the best photos, but baby chicks move around a lot. They also are very fearful of humans till they learn not to be. So photographing them is hard. Especially when you add into the equation, that they are in a box and it is on the floor and getting down…

  • Lilac Vanilla Shampoo and Conditioner

    Lilac Vanilla Shampoo and Conditioner

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    wildflowerfarm

    Inside these unmarked bottles, is homemade shampoo and conditioner, that I created from materials that function as a base and from mainly kitchen staples and some essential oils. Why I do it can’t be answered with a single reason. Which I think is a hallmark of any good personal decision in life. Multiple reasons, being…