Author Archives: Kelli Miller

Be merry

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Kelli Miller

the annual Christmas photo So, a little blog break…if you hadn’t noticed 🙂 We’re in the throes of merry-making, and I promise there will be pictures when I return! In the meantime…feel blessed, friends. Merry Christmas! Christmas past: Christmas 2005 … Continue reading →

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I love

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Kelli Miller

hidden tracks on CDs. 3 gems on Track 13 of the “Lipstick on the Mirror” CD by Pop Evil, which I discovered sorta accidentally in the car the other day. Good songs make me miss being in a band. 2 … Continue reading →

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How to Cook : Ham Alfredo

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Kelli Miller

Sometimes the best recipes evolve as a direct result of laziness. I was hungry for carbonara. But the thought of schlepping out to the garage, digging through one of my messy freezers for bacon, defrosting and cooking said bacon…it was … Continue reading →

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Small Farm Business: Permission Marketing

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Kelli Miller

I wanted to share a post I read recently about marketing called Reaching the People Who Get It. The gist of the article is that it’s a waste of your marketing efforts to market to people who just don’t “get … Continue reading →

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How to Cook : Pumpkin Pie

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Kelli Miller

I mentioned in my last post that Olivia & I made pumpkin pies. We started by taking a couple of small pie pumpkins and cutting some slits in them simply by sticking a knife into each one a few times. … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Kelli Miller

This morning I showed Olivia how to roast pie pumpkins in the oven and then peel off the skins. Tomorrow we’ll put the pumpkin through the food mill and bake pies for our family gathering at my aunt & uncle’s … Continue reading →

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Whew!

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Kelli Miller

Grain wagon still life This time, the story has a happy ending! We got Ava back this morning. She’d been found a few miles southwest of here and brought into the vet clinic. My brother works there and called first … Continue reading →

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Deja vu

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Kelli Miller

Sadness has hung like a cloud over Sugar Creek Farm this weekend – our Ava has been missing since Friday morning. Ike somehow escaped the backyard fence Friday morning and took off on a walk around the neighborhood, as he … Continue reading →

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More weanlings

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Kelli Miller

Not only have the calves been weaned, but so have the piglets. Rafe gave them some apples on Sunday, but it took a bit for them to figure out what to do with them. 1 year ago: You just never … Continue reading →

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Beef availability update

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Kelli Miller

Calf weaning for 2008 is done! I wanted to give our beef customers a quick update. Some of you usually get your quarters in the spring. Our newsletter earlier this year indicated that we would have a limited amount of … Continue reading →

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