Farm Blog

I woke up around 6. Maybe the goat next to me made a noise, maybe it was the roosters. As I poked my head out from under the makeshift...

I have discovered something dangerous. Food Challenge cheesecake. It all started when Senia made a big batch of Greek yogurt. A big...

Daniel has come home from three weeks away, and I just got back from my three-day fast at Ekone Ranch. We were ready for some...

After Hen’s bunnies died, and Honey’s kid was stillborn, I moped around, bereft of babies. “People only come here because of the...

Senia and Lucas went out to the coast to forage. They came back with their limit of clams—40 apiece. They also had the bright-eyed glow...

Honey the goat went into labor late morning on Friday. One of the women who gets milk here at the farm stopped in to say hello, and I...

Last Saturday Senia came in to the kitchen as I took crumbling nettles out of the dehydrator. “I’m a grandmother!” she exclaimed with a...

Stephanie stopped by to check out our goat infrastructure. As a gesture of appreciation for goat knowledge, she brought a treasure: a...

Rejoice! That is, if your cow takes to the milking machine as well as Cookie does. Senia and I tried to milk Cookie by hand. Cookie had...

Some of my cheeses wanted to introduce themselves. This is Bebita. Being a mild Spanish-style cheese, she prefers to be served with...