Buttercup Farm

06/09/2024

Last night's farm dinner was pure magic ✨ Friends of Heather & Bernie Taupin gathered to celebrate his successful art opening at Monthaven. Perfect Tennessee summer night with a gorgeous golden sunset. Surrounded by vibrant flowers, incredible food straight from the earth, and the warm glow of friendship, we celebrated the artistry of Bernie. It was a night of abundance in every sense - from the delicious dishes to the soul-stirring bluegrass music. Here's to the beauty of creativity and the joy of shared moments! 🌻🍽️🎶

P.S….. Indulge in southern decadence with our irresistible chocolate gravy family recipe! 🍫✨ " recipe in the photos ❤️

04/28/2024

🌿🍑 🍒 🧄 Exciting news on this sacred Sunday from Buttercup Farms! Our garlic crops are bursting with flavor and a huge crop, our peach trees are showing off their juicy delights, and we've got brand new cherry trees joining the family! Get ready for a season filled with deliciousness and fruity fun! 🧄🍒🍑😋 "

03/24/2024

🌸🐮 Spring has sprung at Buttercup Farm in Cottontown, and we couldn't be more excited to introduce our newest additions: adorable baby highland cows! 😍🐄 There's something magical about this season, and these little ones make it even sweeter. Come visit us and say hello to these fluffy bundles of joy! 🌼

11/26/2023

Wine cap mushrooms were cultivated here in the upper garden food forest two years ago. While out playing an epic game of wiffle ball this morning, J.K and Daggert stumbled upon lunch!

The flesh of the wine cap mushroom is firm and white and makes a great replacement for meat. The flavor is mild and earthy, with a distinct nuttiness and hints of potato.

Going to take Tater, our baby highland cow, for a walk this afternoon and look for wild mushrooms in the damp cool forest!

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11/06/2023

Tater, our newest baby on the farm had his first visitor sugar from Elena Allen. I don’t mean cake sugar, I mean kisses sugar. Check out the cutest cow tongue in America. We are sure his ancestors from Scotland would be proud. All sugar happened between licks ❤️ This baby needs a bath already, he poops a lot! I, Erica Brister, look forward to sudsing him up this warm week as we plan to plant 🧄 garlic and onions 🧅 in the lower and upper gardens. I need one of those fancy industrial blow driers in the barn. Anyone want to come give tater a bath this week?

10/12/2023

Oh my my!!!

Look at todays harvest ❤️ Timothy Kercheville and our family had a blessed and relaxed day at the farm this afternoon.

~ Cherry Tomato’s
~ Pablano Peppers 🌶️
~ Bell Pepper 🫑
~ Beets
~ White Potato’s 🥔
~ Orange and Red Tomato 🍅
~ Jalapeño pepper

Learn a little and go a lot!!

09/03/2023

Added new deeps to the back farm, bee yard. And gave them some food to supercharge them, to build out before the cold comes.

JK

08/10/2023

Four baskets with eggs, peppers, tomatoes, onions, cauliflower and watermelon given out today to the U.S. Pest corporate team. Healthy teams are strong teams ☀️

07/19/2023

Our Thai Basil patch was harvested today and now sits in a bowl on our counter ready for cooking or eating. It smells so good! Thai Basil has notably high levels of vitamin A, which is beneficial for healthy eyes and skin, and vitamin K, which promotes bone health. It also offers significant amounts of vitamin C, magnesium, calcium, iron, and potassium. The seeds are edible, and they pack a nutritional punch of magnesium, calcium, and fiber.

Left it out until dusk yesterday to give all the pollinators 🐝 one last adventure 🦋 on these blooms. There were 5 honeybees that stayed on the blooms from the garden onto the bouquet and had gone home before I brought it in to cook with.

07/10/2023

Getting the morning rays with a regular weight and yoga workout. Breathing in the country air and soaking up the morning dawn sun makes exercising hit different.

Find your space and cultivate the experience for yourself, no one else will do it for you.

06/18/2023

Harvesting home grown greens on this Father’s Day. Cabbage, onions and potato’s will make for a good green dish at dinner.

06/05/2023

05/19/2023

We have Mulberries ❤️

05/14/2023

Duckies + water = Fun Fun Fun 🤩

05/04/2023

We have tons of eggs ready to go!

I need:

1-Basic old time recipe for soap 🫧
2-Identification of 5 edible wild/native plants on our farm.
3- Paintbrushes 🖌
4-Basil Plants to plant in herb garden 🪴
5- Honey of course 💛
6- Any records/vinyl you want to give up
7- Prayer is always appreciated 🙏🏻

05/02/2023

My little wise teachers today 🌸 want to throw flowers at my head? Ok but let’s do it with love.

The Hydrangeas are in full bloom right now and what started off as a snowball fight turned into a sweet decorating.

04/30/2023

What is the best part of waking up in Cottontown?

For me, it's having the space to allow my family to wake up to the smell of fresh-baked bread wafting through the house, filling their noses with anticipation.

I love baking bread. It's a meditative process for me—the rhythmic kneading and folding, the rising and waiting, the smell that fills my home as it bakes. And then, when it's done, I get to share it with my family!

Every time we sit down to eat together as a family, we talk about beautiful things and I usually have a little helper with the cutest chunky hands with dimples (that’s both of our kids) wanting to crack the eggs for breakfast.

If you don't take time for yourself, how can you appreciate everything else? That's why I love meditation on our farm—it gives me space to think about things like family and food and gratitude… and how lucky we are to have these things in our lives! Video to meditate on in the comments 💛

04/30/2023

I mean look at these ducks just loving that water!

This was their first ‘outing’ outside of their enclosure. They are pack animals, atleast for now. They move together like water when they are walking around.

Lots of joy springing from their hunting and pecking around the water hose.

04/22/2023

The garden is coming to life on this 2nd season here with the food forest intention and permaculture foundation.

Didn’t mention the mushrooms that have been inoculated too!

04/09/2023

We have 333 eggs that need to go home with people on this Easter Sunday 😊

Cottontown trading post is open from 4:00-5:00!

Bring whatever you want even if it’s just a smile, we can’t eat all these eggs and I know y’all want them.

I’m still baking bread from the starter that was traded for eggs 3 weeks ago. I love bibles so if you have a Bible or book your done with feel free to trade that too 😊

Ideas for trade:

Easter candy for kids
Plant 🌱
Homemade canned goods
Honey
Book/Bible
Inspirational quote
Art
Flowers
Prayer
Sourdough starter
Loose to***co
Ammunition 😂
Health and wellness tips
Blacksmithing how to’s

It’s been such a blessing to receive items of value from our friends. Our life has been truly blessed by starting the trading process for our eggs. We have received laughs, friendship, great conversation along with items that have enriched our lives reminding us of all the good people we are surrounded by.

04/01/2023

Cottontown Trading Post happy hen hour at 4:00 tomorrow April 2nd 😊

We have 200 fresh eggs from this week ready to go home with you.

Bring your recipes, prayers, candles, honey or whatever you got! It’s so much fun to barter and trade for farm fresh eggs!

No need to bring cartons, they go home with you in brown paper bags that fit 1-2 dozen.

03/27/2023

We're here to tell you that the inside of eggs is a lot more exciting than you think.

Check out the example from todays Cottontown Trading Post deal where the conversation turned to wondering if the different colored eggs have different insides… well there was only one way to confirm.

We thought we knew the answer, and we did. Chicken eggs are a lot like humans, they all look kind of different on the outside but pretty much the same on the inside.

We think this makes sense when you consider how chickens work: their genes determine whether they lay white or brown eggs, and then those genes determine what color their yolk is going to be (yellow). You can't really change those factors much without changing your chicken's genes entirely—and then who knows what else might change?

So if you want blue or green-yolk eggs, you'll need to get some birds that already have those traits in them (like Araucana hens!).

03/22/2023

Don’t clip the buttercup grass for at least 6 weeks after the flowers are dead 💛

Don’t touch the daffodil leaves...At least not yet! The downside to these wonderful spring-flowering plants is that the foliage begins to look ratty after the flowers are spent.

Every year we always field questions about what to do at this point. Some want to tidy up the landscape by clipping all the foliage off, clipping it in half, or folding the leaves and wrapping them up with a rubber band.

➡️No matter how bad the foliage looks, it plays an important role. Next year’s flowers are being formed during this ratty-looking stage. The leaves gather sunlight and, through photosynthesis, store sugars in the bulb for next year’s growth. Leave the leaves alone for at least 6 weeks after blooming. Then, you can begin to clip the foliage for a "tidier" look.

Learn more: http://ow.ly/4BUv50Nnh8J

03/19/2023

We have about 15 dozen eggs from this week 🥚🥚

Ready to be traded for honey, more wellness tips, a book, recipe or prayer or whatever you want! It’s so much fun to barter instead of sell them 😊

Got two people coming this afternoon, we will be open for bartering around 4:00 ❤️

03/15/2023

This is a sweet deal!!!

Fresh eggs = Fresh sourdough bread and sourdough starter!!

Makes our hearts happy to be able to provide a food and get special food in return.

Can’t wait to eat some of this beautiful bread and make some sourdough bread now too!

Bartering is so much fun! 🤍🤍🤍

03/11/2023

Who wants Eggs ?

We have about 300 Eggs from this week!!

Donations accepted or I would barter for sour dough starter, another baby lamb, local honey, deer meat or any other cool homestead item 🤍

03/05/2023

The Khaki Campbell is one of the more famous and popular duck breeds due to its excellent egg production. It was introduced in 1901 by Mrs. Adele Campbell of Gloucestershire, England.

Now we have 11 of them in Cottontown ❤️ who likes duck meat and duck eggs? We do!

02/06/2023

Little lamb “Buttercream” born January 30th, 2023 in the early morning hours of daybreak. So much joy has come unexpectedly with this cutie pie.

Idea 💡 raise the sheep to produce milk for butter, cheese, milk and meat.

“Sheep’s milk is an important source of bioactive substances that have health-promoting functions for the body. The valuable composition of sheep’s milk is due to the high content of fatty acids, immunoglobulins, proteins, hormones, vitamins and minerals. Many biopeptides found in milk have antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. The bioactive substances of sheep’s milk also show anticancer properties. Sheep’s milk, thanks to its content of CLA and orotic acid, prevents the occurrence of type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. Sheep’s milk, as a product rich in bioactive substances, can be used as a medical aid to support the body in the fight against neurological and cancer diseases.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122369/

01/21/2023

Welcome to the world of chickens and collecting eggs! If you’re like me and enjoy the simple pleasure of collecting eggs from your own backyard chickens, then you’re in the right place.

Once you have your chickens set up, you can start collecting eggs! It’s important to remember that chickens lay eggs at different times and in different amounts, so it’s always a good idea to check them regularly. Collecting eggs can be a great way to teach children about responsibility and respect for animals. Our kids love eggs because they know how much work these ladies put into producing them.

When collecting eggs, you want to do it carefully and gently. Not every egg is perfect but every egg is good.

01/21/2023

Special Chicken Eggs from our Buttercup chickens. Loved and then loved some more which yields an abundant day of egg production. Happy chickens produce beautiful and bountiful eggs. Truly free range on our land and all organic in that they get nourishment from bugs and natural existing resources.

The beautiful brown eggs and blue eggs all have a slightly different shade from each other. 24 or two dozen.

While eggs may store best without being washed, I will wash the eggs prior to cooking. Some people use sand to buff off the dirt.

Soon we will have duck eggs from flirtatious, happy and energized ducks.