Postcards from Little Seed - 6.9.12
Sophie and the Herd on a misty morning this past week.
Many Hands
We've been lucky enough to have not one, but three visitors here on the farm for the past few days and man has it been a treat! Scrapple's sister came for the week on Monday and two of our friends from the city arrived on Thursday. It has been so...
Makin' Hay
Back corner field, half-full of hay bales We’ve been posting a lot of photos over on Instagram recently, including the one above. If you use that app you should follow us. Sweetbreads takes some great photos throughout the day. I get to live vicariously through her updates, it’s fun....
Highland Beef Cows in Tennessee
In New York we ate a lot of Highland beef. In fact, we even had Highland steaks on the menu at our wedding. Highland burgers are the best burgers I’ve eaten, period. We really wanted to raise them on our farm. However, we were a little worried that the breed...
To Be The Land of Milk and Honey - Beginning Beekeeping
The newest additions on the farm - Honey BeesMonths and months ago, in the middle of winter in a 3rd floor walk-up in Brooklyn, I made one of my first calls to a real Tennessean. His name was Ed Johnson, or Ed, The Honey Man. About an hour later I...
Dark Chocolate Chèvre Truffles with Red Chile and Honey
I've been meaning to share this one for awhile now. They're so tasty and very easy to make. I put these together for the first time for a little Valentine's day treat for Scrapple this past Feb. while I was interning in the caves at Murray's. At the time, their...
And He Shall Be A House Cat
After our disappointing foray into owning a cat we decided to get another one. We were determined to have a barn cat. In fact, I’d still like to have a barn cat. It just won’t be Levon. Levon shall be a house cat. And he shall be a family cat....
