Changing weather means a change in how you feed your milk cow. It’s early November here in Ohio, and if I’ve learned anything about the weather in Ohio, I’ve learned that she can be fickle. I knew it...
Rachele emailed Belvedere Farmstead asking, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how traumatic is it to slaughter a chicken? I am torn! It is a skill that I think is really important, and I’m so close to clicking...
We love whole animal butchery. It is delicious (most of the time, I’ll admit that I’m not a fan of straight liver, but I enjoy pâtés), it is economical, and it respects the whole animal...
If you buy a whole or half beef in bulk directly from a farmer (shout-out to our loyal beef customers!), or butcher your own, you’ll likely end up with a few odd cuts of meat you’d never...
I found a stash of shredded frozen zucchini in a freezer last week so I’ve been making LOTS of zucchini bread. We have seven (7!) chest freezers and 2 fridge freezers so unearthing an unexpected...
My tomatoes are juuuuuust starting to ripen. It’s taking them forever to do so this year and I’m on pins and needles, checking every day! But with the handful we collected from the garden...
Our milk cow Sandy gives a lot of milk (three to five gallons a day!). One of our favorite things to make with all that abundance is homemade yogourt. It’s easy, it’s versatile, it’s good for your...
We go every year to a U-Pick orchard down the road from us to pick strawberries as soon as they’re ripe. They opened for the season this Saturday so Jordan packed up the kids and the harvest...
Hot cereal is a staple around these parts. We always have an abundance of fresh cream and there’s just nothing quite like a bowl of hot cereal doused in thick sweet cream to stick to your ribs...
I grew up eating the best dill pickles, but I didn’t know it until I left for college. Try as I might, I could never find a commercial dill pickle as good as Grandma Helen’s. I tried all...
We have gallons and gallons of fresh milk coming into the kitchen every day and each gallon includes a quart of cream. After just a few days, that makes for A LOT of sweet, rich, golden, pasture-rich...
If you’ve ever wondered “What can I do with raw milk?” well then this series, wherein we explore all the delicious possibilities raw milk provides, will be right up your alley...
Over the last several weeks, Sandy and I have both been loving the pure early sunlight streaming into the milking parlor each morning. But with Daylight Savings and the sudden and unceremonious thrust...
5 Myths Keeping You From Living The Milk Cow Life In this series, I’m talking you through, step-by-step-by-step, the 5 most common myths about keeping a family milk cow so you can crush those negative...
5 Myths Keeping You From Living The Milk Cow Life In this series, I’m talking you through, step-by-step-by-step, the 5 most common myths about keeping a family milk cow so you can crush those negative...
5 Myths Keeping You From Living The Milk Cow Life In this series, I’m talking you through, step-by-step-by-step, the 5 most common myths about keeping a family milk cow so you can crush those negative...
5 Myths Keeping You From Living The Milk Cow Life In this series, I’m talking you through, step-by-step-by-step, the 5 most common myths about keeping a family milk cow so you can crush those negative...
A fellow milk cow friend of mine often likes to say: A milk cow doesn’t ask for much, but she asks every day. I milk my cow every day, rain or shine, whether I’m dog-tired or feeling fine...
Of all the things folks ask about milk cows, this has got to be one of the most common questions and one of the hardest to answer. Of course I want to say YES! Absolutely yes. If I did it, you can...
Calf-sharing is often touted as the milk-cow owners’ saving grace; it’s the simplest way to make the stringent demands of twice-a-day every day milkings more manageable. But calf-sharing...
Changing weather means a change in how you feed your milk cow. It’s early November here in Ohio, and if I’ve learned anything about the weather in Ohio, I’ve learned that she can be fickle. I knew it...
Rachele emailed Belvedere Farmstead asking, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how traumatic is it to slaughter a chicken? I am torn! It is a skill that I think is really important, and I’m so close to clicking...
We love whole animal butchery. It is delicious (most of the time, I’ll admit that I’m not a fan of straight liver, but I enjoy pâtés), it is economical, and it respects the whole animal...
If you’ve ever wondered “What can I do with raw milk?” well then this series, wherein we explore all the delicious possibilities raw milk provides, will be right up your alley...
Over the last several weeks, Sandy and I have both been loving the pure early sunlight streaming into the milking parlor each morning. But with Daylight Savings and the sudden and unceremonious thrust...
There has been a recent surge of interest in A2A2 milk. You may have heard about it in commercials, in the media, on store shelves, in health and nutrition articles and advertisements. One thing I...
If you buy a whole or half beef in bulk directly from a farmer (shout-out to our loyal beef customers!), or butcher your own, you’ll likely end up with a few odd cuts of meat you’d never...
I found a stash of shredded frozen zucchini in a freezer last week so I’ve been making LOTS of zucchini bread. We have seven (7!) chest freezers and 2 fridge freezers so unearthing an unexpected...
My friend Anne of the blog Modern Mrs. Darcy and podcast What Should I Read Next pauses every few months to consider and write about both the big and little things that are saving her life. Winter is...