Brian and I delivered a present to one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet today, Lionel Vatinet of La Farm Bakery. When we lived in Cary, NC it was our favorite neighborhood business. Who wouldn’t love an authentic french bakery within walking distance of their house? Fast forward 5 or so years and we started running into Lionel at various food and wine festivals. I was thrilled to surprise him with a mini representation of his business. I’ve had the mini baker’s rack for about 30 years waiting on the perfect use. I made the breads and pastries and that’s his cookbook ‘A Passion For Bread’. I highly recommend it! The very best part about this story is he ships the most amazing breads and pastries. Make sure you check out his website http://www.lafarmbakery.com
A Miniature (Actual) Bakery
17 Feb 2016 3 Comments
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Too Cold For This
16 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
Hermione’s back on the milking stand. Every morning. Too icy to get the key into our mule? Nope, still milking. 11 degrees out? Too bad. I keep reminding myself goat cheese is delicious.
Ready
22 Jan 2016 2 Comments
We’ve had 3 inches of snow in the past 2 hours this morning. Jack’s been playing in the snow, the lambs are frolicking, there’s a path out to the hot tub and a batch of jalapeno corn bread in the oven to go with the big pot of chili I made yesterday. Bring it on!
Frozen
21 Jan 2016 1 Comment
The pond is iced over and we’re bracing for a big snow. We have a winter storm warning starting tonight thru the next 3 days. Should be interesting. I made a huge pot of chili today and the champagne is chilling. I think we’re all set.
First Lambs Of The Season
16 Jan 2016 2 Comments
These little guys are twins and were born yesterday. They’re both healthy and well taken care of by their mama. A great start!
Christmas Is Over
31 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
We took our fresh Christmas tree down and delivered it to the goats. They will have it stripped in no time then the remnants will go into the pond as fish habitat. Happy New Year!
Morning Chores
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
It’s time to put out hay since the pasture has gone dormant for the winter. The goats are in the barn because they are super annoying around a fresh bale of hay and the tractor is dangerous for them. The sheep are in their feeding pen waiting to be let out and Jack’s just waiting on them.
Lurker
15 Dec 2015 3 Comments
This hawk has taken up residence down by our wintry garden. He’s very watchful and quite large. That’s our replacement willow tree right behind him. It’s not yet started to weep, which makes it just look like any old tree. Maybe next year.
Missing Willow Farm 