This morning is the best of both worlds. I came out on the front porch with my breakfast - homemade bread topped with cheese, bacon and some of my final luscious Black Krim tomatoes - only to have to go back inside for a blanket. I can see my breath! I love the crispness of … Continue reading Feels like Fall
Month: September 2017
Pears in Red Wine
I'm finally nearing the end of my huge harvest of pears but found one more recipe I wanted to try: Pears in Red Wine. This one comes from my favorite canning cookbook: Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff. To begin, I set my canning pot on the stove to boil and sanitized my … Continue reading Pears in Red Wine
Another tiny farmer in the making
Last Sunday at family dinner, my little nephew Landen had his first mobile experience with chickens. He's just beginning to get stable enough on his feet to walk in the yard by himself. My brother brought him out to the chicken coop to see what he'd do. He got out in front of the workshop … Continue reading Another tiny farmer in the making
Last Farmer’s Market of the Season
Today is your final chance to come out and see my at the New Richmond Farmer's Market. Corner of Walnut and Center Streets in New Richmond. 10:30-2:30. I have lots of freshly baked bread: country white, country white with herbs, country white with seeds, honey whole wheat, and caraway rye. I also brought all my … Continue reading Last Farmer’s Market of the Season
Perry Mead: A Yeast Experiment
I recently ordered a new cookbook called Drink the Harvest: Making and Preserving Juices, Wines, Meads, Teas and Ciders (Nan K. Chase and DeNeice C. Guest). In it, I found a recipe for a fermented pear cider called "Very Perry Holiday Mead." I was super excited to try it and also glad to have another … Continue reading Perry Mead: A Yeast Experiment
Farm Kids
We enjoyed a visit today from my former coworker Allyn and her children. Little Nina is almost four and enjoyed herself tremendously last time they visited, early in the summer. She sat on the tractor, ate beet greens straight from the garden, collected eggs and even swam in the pool. Allyn said Nina had been … Continue reading Farm Kids
Caramel Pear Crumble
This pear crumble recipe was inspired by the big old pear tree in our front yard, which I've been writing about all week since we picked over a hundred pounds of pears from it last weekend. I thought a pear crumble would work well with the texture of the pears. They are firm, similar to … Continue reading Caramel Pear Crumble
Spiced Pear Butter
I love apple butter. I mean, who doesn't right? My go-to recipe for apple butter is from one of my favorite canning cookbooks, Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff. I was excited to find that Krissoff includes a variation on her apple butter recipe for pears. Since I have an abundance of pears from our … Continue reading Spiced Pear Butter
Juicing Pears for my Favorite Fall Cocktail
Another one of my favorite uses for our pears is juicing. It's a fairly easy way to use a lot of pears and it makes a gorgeous golden juice. First I remove the stems and any yucky spots on the pears and then cut them in half. Then they go into the juicer about 8 … Continue reading Juicing Pears for my Favorite Fall Cocktail
Pear Harvesting
We have a huge old pear tree in our front yard that drops loads of pears in the fall. My neighbor Rita and her husband Frank planted the pear tree many many years ago, just after Rita's mother passed away. It's been producing fruit for decades now, here on this farm. No one is quite … Continue reading Pear Harvesting
