Barnyardmidwife

07/05/2025

Have you always wanted goats? I'm Reducing my herd size. I love them all but can't keep them all. Some unplanned breeding when my foot was hurt due to my buck breaking out. Need to downsize! Spread the word. These goats are great foragers. Craigslist ad link in comments.

03/01/2025

Giving this piano away! Need gone today. Please come take it. Super sweet and small, one octave short of a regular piano, this is amazing for a small space. Needs tuning. I have a recommendation for a piano tuner I can send you.

07/10/2023

This year's piglets finally born! Our mother pig Shizandra waited till we left for our yearly family week in Minnesota. ShiShi also waited till Monday morning today so our amazing new farm intern was done cheffing all weekend at Terra firma farms for their Ballet farm dinner. Welcome new babies! And thank you so much SJ for being on farm chores this weekend and for being on call nearby.
I don't leave often but thanks to these badass women farmers I feel confident in the care I have left our farm in. Thank you all for being my family and amazing support during this time when we are gone but also for the last several months while my injured foot slowly heals. Each of you has been a huge Blessing for me. Thank you. From the deepest reaches of my heart. Thank you!

06/01/2023

Shuggy! We miss you so much already. You left us Too soon. So sudden. The couch is huge and cold now. Our hearts are heavy. 10 good years.

05/01/2023

13 years ago today. 🌺Beltane. Beginning of summer.✨We married each other (again) in front of our community. We have grown and changed within these years, raised our phenomenal son into manhood this year and brought up two amazing daughters out of toddler land and into big kid realm. We have bought a hundred year old farm house on 5.4 acres. We have both shifted our work. Throughout all of these meanderings in our path we have stayed sure of our commitment and happy in our love. You are my person Tucker. Thank you for walking this life with me. I Love you💖

03/23/2023

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06/01/2022

Just sharing our cool water jar identifiers. Our family makes so so many dishes and drinking vessels don't need to be one of them. Everyone made their own and we take them off when doing dishes and then the trick is to get them to add them back on when getting a new jar. This has been so so helpful in our house to reduce dishes and germ sharing.

05/25/2022

Goat cheese! Fresh Chevre that is creamy and floral (NOT GOATY!) Super important for me to continue to make cheese as this alchemy is magic for my soul and for our bodies! It takes 12-24 hours for the milk to set and separate the curds from the whey then this second part is draining in a nylon produce bag for 7-9 hours until the whey stops dripping. 3rd stage is sitting in fridge in the bag in a cheese draining tub that has a raised slatted floor for continued drying out, about 24 hours. Then the last is turning out and salting. I don't put my chevre into molds bc I like using glass jars and leaving it in fluffy curds. People who hate goat cheese often love mine! Have you tried my chevre? Leave a comment. ♥️🐐
I'm going to be hosting a cheesemaking class where I go through all of these steps.

04/16/2022