Meet and Greet

We recently attended our first meet & greet with the Seattle Chef’s Collaborative.  We were bit apprehensive and really didn’t know what to expect.  This particular meet & greet was held at the FareStart Restaurant and the theme was about distributing extra food resources from the food service industry to the needy and homeless. While [...]

Harvest time

While fall is definitely my favorite time of year it is also our busiest.  All the big farm chores that we have put off all summer in favor of day at the lake or a trip to the mountain to pick berries or ride horses have suddenly become very pressing.  All our winter wood must [...]

Do you like saskatoons?

I was recently invited to go picking service berries with some friends.  Not wanting to show my ignorance and always pleased to learn some wild craft I readily agreed.  It was a lovely day and I was able to get plenty of information regarding the storing and preserving of the little berry from the other [...]

Tents and mushrooms popping up

Some of our solstice guest have arrived and the tents are scattered across the lawn like the mushrooms that grow wild there.  I figured everyone would want to find a private little space for themselves, but instead they are huddled together like frightened sheep.  To be honest our graded lawn is one of the few [...]

Summer Solstice

Summer is coming and we are going to greet it properly.  We have invited our friends and family to come out to the ranch.  We have over 20 acres of forests so there will be no lack of camp spots.  Of course lamb is on the menu and anything else the garden has to offer.  [...]

Bar-b-que Bread

Several people who are aware of our lifestyle have asked me how I cook.  I’m sure they are imagining a quaint wood burning oven and stove like one would find at an antique store.  I have nothing so fancy nor expensive.  What we use for the majority of our cooking is a regular back yard [...]