— STORIES & REFLECTIONS
From the Farm
Stories, recipes, and reflections from our life raising heritage sheep in the Piedmont.
Seventeen Years of Sheep, Sweat, and Manchego: A Love Story
Folks ask me all the time how I decided to farm sheep and the honest answer is a love of cheese, specifically Manchego!
Mac and Cheese Bites
Who doesn't love mac and cheese? How about in a bite sized morsel so delectable you can't have one.
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March 2026
- Mar 27, 2026 Digital Fallow: when the social media well runs dry
- February 2026
- January 2026
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December 2025
- Dec 12, 2025 The Magic of Pan-Banging Ginger Molasses Cookies
- Dec 2, 2025 The Harvest Awe: Finding Beauty in the Farmer's Bounty
- November 2025
- October 2025
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September 2025
- Sep 30, 2025 Breeding season is underway
- Sep 4, 2025 Buzz, Baa, and Felt! A Sweet New Workshop is Coming to the Farm
- August 2025
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July 2025
- Jul 31, 2025 Mutton: It's a Flavor, Not Just an Age!
- Jul 14, 2025 The Lines We Live: Can We Truly Understand Aging?
- Jul 1, 2025 When the Stars Align: A Blackberry Bonanza!
- June 2025
- May 2025
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March 2025
- Mar 31, 2025 Skirting Wool: The Essential First Step to Beautiful Fiber
- Mar 17, 2025 Do Sheep Need a Barn? The Answer is in Their Wool!
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February 2025
- Feb 23, 2025 Cherishing Culinary Heirlooms: My favorite Kitchen Utensil
- Feb 11, 2025 Wool Pellets
- Feb 6, 2025 Fresh from the dirt: Horseradish Sauce
- Feb 3, 2025 Lamb Fagioli
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January 2025
- Jan 15, 2025 Woven Together: How wool changed my life
- December 2024
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September 2024
- Sep 10, 2024 Back to basics with sheep healthcare
- Sep 10, 2024 Mac and Cheese Bites
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August 2024
- Aug 12, 2024 Tales of a female farmer
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July 2024
- Jul 12, 2024 Caring for sheep hides
- Jul 11, 2024 Cucumber Lemonade
- Jul 1, 2024 Cucumber Gazpacho
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May 2024
- May 23, 2024 Almonds, Sweet and Spicy
- January 2024
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April 2023
- Apr 3, 2023 The journey to vegetarian, or not?
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March 2023
- Mar 20, 2023 Making sense of scents, or not...
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February 2023
- Feb 26, 2023 Lamb Sliders
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March 2022
- Mar 15, 2022 HOW TO BE THE BEST SHEPHERD: Lessons from a sheep
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January 2022
- Jan 17, 2022 Lamb Bone Broth /Stock
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April 2021
- Apr 26, 2021 Farming through Covid
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June 2020
- Jun 19, 2020 Turning 60
- January 2020
- September 2019
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June 2019
- Jun 21, 2019 Weaning: A Shepherd's Reflection on Loss
- Jun 17, 2019 Strawberry Balsamic Basil Pops
- Jun 10, 2019 Collard Salad
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February 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 Not a Washout After All: Shearing Day Success
- Feb 5, 2019 The life of a sheep!
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January 2019
- Jan 25, 2019 Lamb Liver Paté
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August 2018
- Aug 23, 2018 Pokeweed, Friend or Foe?
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July 2018
- Jul 20, 2018 Cucumbers Galore
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September 2016
- Sep 5, 2016 Mother Nature's Lessons
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August 2016
- Aug 23, 2016 Walking the Walk
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July 2015
- Jul 2, 2015 To Wean or not to Wean
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February 2015
- Feb 1, 2015 Sustainability & Our Precious Soil
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July 2014
- Jul 24, 2014 Squash Lasagna
- Jul 24, 2014 Squash Squares
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June 2014
- Jun 2, 2014 Sustainability...What's it all about!
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May 2014
- May 29, 2014 What I know now....
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April 2014
- Apr 4, 2014 Is the boss the farmer or the sheep?
- Apr 3, 2014 Felted Chicks
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January 2014
- Jan 28, 2014 Lamb Ribs
- Jan 26, 2014 DIY Wool Dryer Balls
- Jan 15, 2014 Let the New Year Begin
- Jan 13, 2014 DIY Heat
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October 2013
- Oct 30, 2013 WHOLEsome Food: EGGS
- Oct 7, 2013 Cinnamon Pickles
- Oct 7, 2013 Dog Biscuits
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September 2013
- Sep 18, 2013 Peaches, Peaches everywhere
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August 2013
- Aug 14, 2013 The Spider and the Butterfly
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July 2013
- Jul 30, 2013 They don't wear galoshes
- Jul 21, 2013 Blackberry Lime Jam
- Jul 11, 2013 Lamb Sliders
- Jul 9, 2013 Our Little Orchard
- Jul 2, 2013 The Hay Bale Fiasco
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May 2013
- May 17, 2013 My Secret Place
- May 2, 2013 April. Did I miss it?
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March 2013
- Mar 28, 2013 Prada to Carhart
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February 2013
- Feb 21, 2013 Puttin Up the Fence
- Feb 7, 2013 Lovely Cup of Chai
- Feb 5, 2013 Looking for Llama's
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January 2013
- Jan 29, 2013 Winter Garden
- Jan 24, 2013 Breeding season on the farm: Sheep Thrills and A farmers imagination
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September 2012
- Sep 7, 2012 Pickles!
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June 2012
- Jun 13, 2012 Morning Gifts
- Jun 5, 2012 Finding the Words
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April 2012
- Apr 13, 2012 The girls and a few token boys!
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March 2012
- Mar 30, 2012 Flavor!
- October 2011
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July 2011
- Jul 22, 2011 The Glorious Tomato
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February 2011
- Feb 10, 2011 Shearing Day 2011
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November 2010
- Nov 30, 2010 This farm gives me Goose Bumps
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July 2010
- Jul 23, 2010 Another aHaa Moment in Farming
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February 2010
- Feb 24, 2010 Farmers Wearing Lace?
- Feb 16, 2010 Girls with no Coats
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January 2010
- Jan 4, 2010 Midnite on the farm
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April 2009
- Apr 22, 2009 Hard Day on the Farm
- Apr 15, 2009 Lamb Meatballs
- Apr 14, 2009 Spring
- Apr 14, 2009 Roasted Coffee Marinated Leg of Lamb
- Apr 13, 2009 In the Beginning