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Towercroft Farmstead A growing family homestead providing fresh, homegrown food to our friends and neighbors

For our next exercise, we are doing shed pick ups! Come on everybody, squeeze and lift!Seriously, though. Turns out buyi...
08/26/2026

For our next exercise, we are doing shed pick ups! Come on everybody, squeeze and lift!

Seriously, though. Turns out buying a 5,000lb lift and getting free old sheds off Marketplace is cheaper and easier than building two yourself in the ever-shortening timespan before the snow flies.

Meanwhile, while new life was being born in the backyard, we were processing meat chickens and ducks in the front yard! ...
08/23/2026

Meanwhile, while new life was being born in the backyard, we were processing meat chickens and ducks in the front yard! In the rain. Nothing like homesteading to give you a little bit of everything in one day.

Five little girls! Two from Heidi and three from Meadow. Sadly, also one stillborn from Meadow. Meadow's still in labor,...
08/23/2026

Five little girls! Two from Heidi and three from Meadow. Sadly, also one stillborn from Meadow. Meadow's still in labor, so we'll see if she was hiding a fifth in there, or if it's just the placenta. Better pictures tomorrow, when it's not raining! Proud papas at the end. They seem puzzled by the noise coming from the girls' paddock. 😆

Finally making soap out of all the frozen goat's milk that's been hanging out in my chest freezer . . . because I have t...
08/23/2026

Finally making soap out of all the frozen goat's milk that's been hanging out in my chest freezer . . . because I have to defrost it before meat chicken processing day tomorrow . . . I also randomly made ketchup today because why not . . .

Guys, I think I'm a trad wife.

Crud, now I have to go sew a gingham apron 🫠

Don't worry — they're all okay! But somehow FOUR little chicks climbed up into their feeder this afternoon. That's a new...
07/09/2026

Don't worry — they're all okay! But somehow FOUR little chicks climbed up into their feeder this afternoon. That's a new one for us. 😮

05/19/2026

Meat chick arrival day! And boy, oh boy do they want to register a complaint with their travel agent about the trip!

Today's cheese experiment? Chèvre! Sort of. I didn't have right culture for traditional chèvre, but I heard that yogurt ...
01/17/2026

Today's cheese experiment? Chèvre! Sort of. I didn't have right culture for traditional chèvre, but I heard that yogurt cultures could work, and those I DID have. So maybe a chèvre/labneh hybrid. Either way, it's very spreadable and has a smooth mouth feel, despite being visually a bit grainy. It's more fluffy and airy than rich and dense. Maybe I need a cheese press to remove whey, then add back in some cream?? Stay tuned.

New Year, new hobby! Towercroft Farmstead's very first batch of goat cheese!We started with the basics — a simple farmer...
01/01/2026

New Year, new hobby! Towercroft Farmstead's very first batch of goat cheese!

We started with the basics — a simple farmer's cheese, just heated milk and acid, with the whey drained away.

Upcoming this winter: chevre, mozarella, and cheddar!

In related news, if anyone has an old w**e fridge (aka cheese cave) they don't want, I'm in the market!

1 Mason jar of goat milk = 2 ice cube trays1 ice cube tray = 1lb of frozen goat milk1 half-gallon cambro holds 2lbs of g...
12/29/2025

1 Mason jar of goat milk = 2 ice cube trays
1 ice cube tray = 1lb of frozen goat milk
1 half-gallon cambro holds 2lbs of goat milk cubes for soapmaking with very little wasted space

The easy math of it all makes my brain purr.

Goat soap incoming in the next few days. Goat cheese shortly thereafter. Still experimenting with caramel recipes. Stay tuned.

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760 1st Crown Point Road
Strafford, NH
03884

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