Author: wildflowerfarm
Goat's Milk Face Bar
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When we moved here, costs began to mount. More for gas to go do pretty much anything. It was time to get more self sufficient to save some money. I was buying great skin care products that I absolutely loved. (Bless you Origins Skin Care, your products are wonderful, but costly.) Which is kinda fair.…
Special Announcement! THE SHOP IS OPEN!
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I am super excited today. And I have Dr. Farmer Moomin, to thank. Thank you Dr. Farmer Moomin! The shop, by popular demand, has been set up and is now officially open for business! Dr. Farmer Moomin, got it set up. he finally got sick of having friends and B&B guests, asking, “I love this!…
The First Snow Storm of 2022
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The dark has fallen some time ago. The night sky looks down at the white earth beneath it. It seems proud of itself somehow for the sheets of snow it let loose earlier. The snow from the first winter storm has finally arrived like a late Christmas present. We have waited so long this year…
Long Winter Spice Muffins For Christmas
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The grey outside continues. You can now smell the unfallen snow. The farm has grown into it’s winter quiet. The bleakness has only strengthened outside. Inside, the kitchen is a wreck. No idea what will be for dinner tonight.
Christmas Eve At Wildflower
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Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day, are special times here at Wildflower for many reasons. Mostly, we do an obscene amount of cooking. We like to make some candy such as a nice peppermint bark, and almond brittle to go with our rosemary caramel and old fashioned sea foam dipped in milk chocolate. Then we make…
Sea Foam Candy And Other Goings On
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Finally, sitting down where I think I will sleep tonight, on the couch… Homestead Rescue is on tv. I couldn’t love this Alaskan family more if I tried. I learn so much from them. I am not alone. It was Marty Rainy, who taught Dr. Farmer Moomin, to cut down trees with a chain saw.…
Wildflower Farm's Salted Christmas Brownies
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The fires are going and I am enjoying the glow of the wood stoves, the dogs sleep at my feet. It is dark outside and cold. Rain, ice, and snow, have been falling from the sky for half the day now. Outside it smells like damp ice, and the skeletal winter wood. Mixing with the…
The White Christmas Inn by Colleen Wright
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I am alone now, letting the warmth and flavor of homemade hot chocolate spread through me, sitting by the wood stove, enjoying the quiet that is now here at Wildflower, until a bit after Christmas… Most of the Christmas rush is done and all that remains is a crafting extravaganza on the 23rd through 25th,…
Gingerbread Cookies Wildflower Style
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My cheeks are cold and rosy from the growing chill outside. It seems this is finally the end of the far too warm early winter. The big freeze is just beginning to rear it’s ugly head. Right now I am excited by the prospect of snow and cold…. By February, I will be wishing the…
T'is The Last Rose Of Summer
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It is cold enough today, that I am running two of my three wood stoves… The house once again smells like a fir forest. Outside, it smells of snow, and the grey sky appears to be waiting to dump white stuff on us. The trees stand guard seriously, against the umbra. I am not sure…