Author: wildflowerfarm
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Soft Baked Vegan Triple Vanilla Cookies A kitchen creation of Wildflower Farm
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Our most recent set of guests have left us… And we will miss them. They were so interesting to talk to. I wish they had stuck around longer. I would have loved to learn a bit about art history. But that is the nature of a B&B, people pass through on their own time. And…
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Nakke Nakuttaja or Woody Wood Pecker
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The last week or so I have been listening to tapping coming from inside the walls or outside the house. I wasn’t sure what I was hearing. I thought it could be mice, my husband, Dr. Farmer Moomin, was convinced we had bats in the wall. Which totally freaked me the out. Because Covid, came…
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Who Likes Pie?
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Winter’s Holly King, can be felt now in the air… The days grow shorter with each passing day. The sky is already dark. A chill is entering the now beautiful, comfortable air outside. The trees too are preparing to sleep through the winter. Tess, is wearing her red dress now to match the dress of…
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The Birth House by Ami Mckay
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I made molasses cookies for the Book Club, on this most recent past Sunday. I thought it would be funny sitting only about an hour to an hour and 15 minutes from where a giant wave of molasses collapsed buildings and carried them away, while the metal canister blew out it’s nails and metal parts…
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Molasses Cookies To Celebrate One of the Oddest Historical Events Ever
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The book club met yesterday. We had an unbelievably fabulous time as usual. I made these cookies to celebrate an event in Boston’s history that also played a roll in the book that we just finished. You should have smelled them baking, it was incredible the smell was glorious.
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Visiting Pete
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I thought I would introduce Mr. Pete today… He is a Canadian, with warm blood. Pete, sometimes known as PPP, (Perfect Prince Pete,) is very very tall. He is 16.3 hands high. He is not some little pony. He is a rather large guy. While I on the other hand stand around 5’1 ” and…
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Preparing For Autumn
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Autumn is coming quickly, I can see it everywhere now. it is possible to breathe it right in outside. The local orchards spread the apple scent all over town as the air cools from the mucky sludge it has been all summer into an intoxicating gentler and brighter consistency. The sky is bright and clear.…
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The House of Sand and Fog By Andre Dubus III
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The house of Sand and Fog, was our subject at yesterday’s book club gathering. One thing I find interesting about fog, is that it doesn’t just exist hanging over the ocean. You can find it right here at Wildflower Farm. Because fog sweeps in, and makes it hard to see clearly sometimes everywhere. Even here.…
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Wildflower Farm's Whole Wheat Cinnamon Corn Bread
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I don’t keep a diary. I keep a homesteading grimoire, and this little blog is it. I keep it for myself more than for anyone else. To chronicle my adventures in homesteading. I homestead because I love this way of life. I don’t live like this for the sake of a Twitter following, or for…
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The Healing Earth Of Wildflower Farm
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The air blows cool but not cold. It is the soft gentle autumn breeze. Today, you can feel it, fall is coming…. Not with a bang. With a slow gradual relief from the heat and humidity. It is a gentle time. It brings the fairy queen with it. She will wear her maple leaf red…