Book recommendations

When we're not weeding or feeding we spend our free time reading about beginner farmers, farming, and food and history.

Recipes

Here are some of my favorite recipes. Needless to say, they're all better with fresh, local ingredients.

If you're a fan of lamb then you can find a lot more recipes on the fans of lamb web site.

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The Chick's in the mail

Posted by Judy St Leger on Saturday, June 4, 2011, In : Chickens

That’s right. Chicks, not checks.

Today, at 6:30 in the morning we got a phone call from the post-office. “Your chicks have arrived” said the postmistress. We were at the back door to the Fort Plain post office by 7:00am and driving home a box of chicks by 7:15. The US postal service has always had a policy of shipping day old chicks. When the chicks are first hatched, they have a small yolk sac in their bellies. During the shipment from Lancaster, PA to upstate NY, they absorb this yo...