Cutting It Down
Dr. Farmer Moomin’s First...
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Read moreThe mist has once again come to visit, it is playing in the forest with the trees. It rolled in with the wet and cold as if it were a team of wild horses dragging the mist with them rather than a cart. The smell of cold wind and wet surround me...
Read moreThe mist is thick, as we are not an intervale farm, sitting up high on ridge in the foot hills not far from Wachusett Mountain. We sit surrounded today in a thick dark sea of new England fog, rising off the icy snow that fell and iced over...
Read moreOne of the most important parts of farming and homesteading is organization. This pot rack ran us $110. It’s a bit of a DIY. These three wooden bars are antique horse yolks. We hung them on the wall then just popped ’em full of hooks. Now we...
Read moreThe hearth of the home is a special place. Especially here. The whole house revolves around the hearth. That is simply the lay out. I enjoy sitting near the fire with a nice knitting project, or on occasion working the spinning wheel even if...
Read moreThe darkness of the night rides on the back of the New England mist, as it rolls in as a thick veil of fog. I can smell the cold rain that will soon fall from the darkened sky. But I am cozy inside. New England, gets inside of you. If you...
Read moreHomemade vanilla extract It is a lovely day here at Wildflower, the weather is nice not too cold, we have wispy clouds, and sunshine, and it feels like early spring. Inside, I am wasting time and doing just the usual up keep. I have a roast...
Read moreChristmas Tree Ornaments. It’s perhaps my least favorite day of the year. Outside I smell rain slicked ice and the damp NE cold. Inside I smell a that nice wood stove cozy smell. It is that sad day of the year, when Christmas, gets boxed...
Read moreA great picture of the newest goat Stella. It’s been one of those days….. My dogs climbing me all day like some sort of woman shaped jungle gym. They step in every tender place and cause pain as they climb and torment me. We refer...
Read moreCinnamon Rolls Christmas Brunch. Today, I am the matriarch of the house…. But as a child, it was my mum who filled the roll I fill now. Every Christmas morning after presents, we would head for the kitchen and there would be a beautiful...
Read moreChristmas In Berlin We settled in a small farming town about a year after moving back to the US. First we lived in an apartment in Arlington, but this was the life we wanted. So when Dr. Farmer Moomin, got a job, we moved…. We left the big...
Read moreFinnish Ham My husband and I have very different Christmas traditions because we come from opposite sides of the great Atlantic Pond. As should be wicked clear by now, I am from New England…. My husband, is from loosely five hours into the...
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