Organically Inclined

I’ve actually had a number of requests to post my homemade bread recipe online - so here it is. I vary this recipe depending on what I have on hand - or what I feel like making. You can too! This recipe makes two loaves, but I often forget the Kitchenaid mixer and double or [...]

A long time ago, my dad told me about a farm that used to lease out their maple trees for the maple-syrup making season. We are doing something similar on the farm. For the last few years, we have had a “Rent a Maple Tree” program. I’ve never offered it online before, but have had [...]

Saturday was killing day for three of our sheep. These three were meat sheep that we didn’t particularly enjoy having around. They were unfriendly and a little rough on our pasture fences. We still have two remaining Romney ewes that we intend to keep and possibly breed again.
Mark Durkee is a local legend. He’s been [...]

I am so tired of hearing about ways to get kids to eat good food. I’m tired of blogs and books telling me to disguise the food under pizza cheese - or to blend up broccoli and add it to my stew. The only thing this teaches kids is that I’m a sneaky mother - [...]

I was surfing around the blogosphere this morning - trying to wake up - and came across this site: HonestMeat.com.
What a great site. And as I read this post about cruelty to horses - I was compelled to share.

But those little jars aren’t that expensive, are they? Oh yes they are and they aren’t very good for our little ones either! Consider that babies should start eating solid food around 6 months of age – give or take. Also consider that most baby food companies make their most nutritious foods for babies under [...]

I just took my $600 a month grocery store budget and cut $164ish out of it. And we didn’t lose anything. We still eat breakfast every morning! How cool is that?

Or none at all. While I, personally, am trying to eat none, I will admit that it is a difficult habit to break. And not because I’m a big steak eater but because of two small things - hot dogs and bacon! I have a lot of baseball games to go to this time of [...]

I am particularly bad about this because I grew up on cold cereal. I still love it. One of my favorite things to do is eat cereal at night before bed while watching a Star Trek or BSG. But I also know that my cereal budget is $40 every two weeks. Not to mention the [...]

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We all know that drinking soda in’t good for you. It’s full of sugar, caffeine, and artificial whatevers. The average 12 ounce can of soda has about 100 calories in it. Drink 5 or 6 a day and you might as well have gone to McDonald’s for lunch. So in an effort to make soda [...]