Stitch And Steel Homestead

07/08/2026

Leftover veggie burger from the party last weekend (made with homegrown mushrooms!) and salad from the garden to fuel me into day 5 of TDF! Already did some spinning on the back deck, more to come.

06/07/2026

It’s a handsome (and wooly!) lad for lil baa this year! She was so big I thought for sure she was having twins but it’s just one big brawny boy. We’re calling him Franklyn.

05/31/2026

Let the skirting begin!!

05/31/2026

Cat logic- stand right by the pile while I’m weeding. Get offended when I chuck greenery “at” her.

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05/30/2026

Relieved that shearing 2026 is over and everybody got sheared before they lambed! Going to try hard to find the time to get these fleeces skirted and posted. There were some real surprises in the flock, several that I didn’t expect much from grew remarkable fleeces this year! Stay tuned.

05/30/2026

Ohhhhh baby! 😍😍😍
Dare I say best fleece of 2026 goes to Daphne!? Complete surprise, from the outside her fleece looked like nothing special. I guess you never can tell!

05/29/2026

After an entire winter where I had zero knitting mojo OF COURSE I suddenly feel the itch to work on something when my craft room is all packed up for Reno’s right!? I had two balls of this handspun yarn im calling “dandelion” that I spun during tour de fleece last year in the living-room so I invented a project for them. It’s a little one shoulder cropped vest. In no way a practical garment it’s purely for the ✨vibes✨ but I’m pleased with how it turned out. No pattern, drafted on the fly

05/28/2026

First baby of 2026! This is Eevee’s first lamb, I think I’m going to call her Feisty. Mom is a yearling but she delivered super easily, and has been really attentive and wonderful and lil Feisty-pants already has a full tummy and milky moustache and was spunky enough to make it hard to catch her for a health check!

11/01/2025

11/01/2025

How to get perfect hard boiled eggs from farm fresh:

Everyone’s out here saying you need to tap them or poke holes in them, steam them or use baking soda or one of a million other tricks.
The truth is the membrane just bonds too tightly to the white of an egg that’s really fresh. Plan ahead- let that carton sit on the counter (unwashed) for at least a week before you even think about boiling them. 2 weeks in the fridge if they’re washed. It’s a perfect thing to do with older eggs that have been hanging around a little too long to help the family eat them up quickly.
I put them in a pot of cold water and bring them just to a boil. Shut the stove off, put the lid on, and let them sit on the warm element for 6 minutes. Then drain, shake the pot to crack the shells, fill the pot with cold water and peel whenever they’re cool enough to handle.
That’s just the right amount of time for the yolks to be set but still bright yellow and just the teensiest bit jammy in the very centre, but if you like your yolks really solid just leave them one extra minute.