Thursday, July 26, 2007
Spinning From the Stash
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Cherry Jam
We've just picked a bunch of Bing Cherries, the trees were loaded, the kids helped so much. Together we all picked 10 pounds, ate fresh, juicy Bings to our hearts content - I put up 8 - 1/2 pints of Cherry Jam (it feels like such a luxury). We all took turns using the little German cherry pitter. Also made some Bourbon Bings, from the "Home" cookbook ( a little comfort food restaurant in NYC). I love this cookbook - great canning recipes, home cooked meals and all!
The Black berries on the back 40 are getting ripe, the Himalayan wild ones that I read are native to Armenia. Our black berry patch is around 1/2 acre, home to California Quail and the native little bunnies that live around here. The crop should be tremendous, due to the perfectly times rains courtesy mother nature. We make Blackberry Gelato which I will dig up the recipe and share here soon.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Icelandic Lambs are ready for new homes!
The lambs are just about ready to be weaned - many are finding new homes, but we still have several beautiful lambs available!
Icelandic Sheep are a triple purpose breed. We choose only the best to keep and sell for breeding stock. They have fleece that handspinners love, in many natural colors (white, black, gray, chocolate brown, brown, reddish brown, buff and combinations of these colors), they have mild, lean meat and can be milked for homestead use. Our sheep all have unique personalities, are a medium sized breed of sheep - ewes are around 150 pounds, rams 200 pounds. We have available all of the badgerface patterns in our lambs for sale, which are black, moorit, gray moorit and black gray. Also solid colors, moorit and white, as well as a couple of spotted lambs. We sell only lambs with the best conformation and horn set. Come visit our website at http://www.dolcefarm.com/ to learn more about Icelandic sheep and view our lambs!
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