Author Archives: Kelli Miller

Prepare to swoon

because I’m about to show you this: The first calf of 2010…a sweet little red heifer! 1 year ago: Portrait Beak to the grindstone Is there anything sexier

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Spring is…

Seedlings in the basement under lights… Merry spring breezes blowing the windmill… Laundry on the line… Phlox… Track meets… 1 year ago: Photogenic Happy Easter Trusting my instincts (or not) That had to hurt Garden, April Numero dos

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Sprung

Spring has sprung! And Madeline’s 4-H pigs have been sprung as well. It’s so much fun to watch them running, jumping, digging…just being pigs 🙂 My garage brooder won’t be empty for long…tomorrow morning I get to go down to … Continue reading

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Easter hams & a cookbook review

If you need ham for your Easter dinner this weekend, we have half a dozen for sale here at the farm! Real hams, not pressed processed ham product. So tasty! Ham with roasted cabbage – yum! Have you seen Jamie … Continue reading

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Things making me happy this week…

A new craft project… Garden drying out… Green… (Chives are always eager to get started in spring) Flocks of red-winged blackbirds in the trees outside my office window What’s making you happy this week? 1 year ago: Spring cleaning Interested … Continue reading

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How to Cook : Creamed Chipped Beef

Seeing as how it’s St. Patrick’s Day (for one more hour), it seems a fitting time to tell you about a new product we have: dried beef! To be honest, I almost decided to just stash all of it in … Continue reading

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Eight

Eight things about Rafe Henry, age 8 1. This has been said before, but still… you love football. To the point of obesession. Other sports are fun, too, but really they’re just a way to pass the time until it’s … Continue reading

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Snow day

Last Friday was a scheduled day off from school for the kids. I asked Rafe what he’d like to do and he was ready with an answer…cross country skiing! birch trees on blue sky Sounded good to me! It was … Continue reading

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Spring is coming…

Picked up the first eggs of the year today, and are they a sight for sore eyes! The sun is shining… there’s a nice slow melt going… and the hens are laying again. Spring is coming!

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Iowa Food Coop, March

The shopping cart is open at the Iowa Food Coop!. You can find our products here. The shopping cart will close Saturday, March 13th (I think at 11:00 p.m.) with delivery on Thursday, March 18th. These pigs here are our … Continue reading

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