Our family loves ice cream, but I found myself avoiding making it due to the noise and time it took to get everything set up in our ice cream maker, not to mention issues of any leftovers freezing too
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Farm News
Making Yogurt
Weekly yogurt making - this has been one of our favorite treats we've started making since milking our own family cows.
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The Beautiful Brown Swiss
We are elated to welcome Strawberry, our newest brown swiss cow, to our herd at Storybook Farm! Strawberry is from
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Moving the Sheep
Natalie & our English Sheepdog, Brandy moving the sheep to a new shady grazing location for these hotter
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John Deere Van Brundt Grain Drill
New addition to the farm - John Deere Van Brundt grain drill in working condition, tractor (not horse!) drawn
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Grandma Julie’s Pickles
A family favorite around are Grandma Julie's pickles (which she got from our little Lucy's namesake, Lucille, who was
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Moving the Milk
We are working towards building a milk house on the barn, but in the meantime I have been hauling my surge bucket full
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Cherry Pickin
We harvested our last cherry tree today - and froze enough to make 22 pies. This is a true labor of love, it took me and
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A POUND + OF BUTTER A DAY!
I continue to be amazed at how our milk cow can convert the grasses and legumes in our pasture into so may useful dairy
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American Blackbelly Rams
We are excited to welcome two new American Blackbelly rams into our breeding program. We traveled to eastern Wisconsin
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