Our Farm Blog

Read below for some homegrown, local food inspiration plus a little bit of the farm life….

  • Don’t Name What you Eat! or do you?

    “Don’t name what you’ll eat!” I get to hear a bunch. ….I want to assure you, we have vegans and former vegans that buy from us because they know we care about our animals. But yes we do name our food, and many times we don’t, but if it’s an animal staying for an extended…

  • Simple Comfort Food: Egg Dumplings Made with Only Eggs and Flour

    You can make your own pasta or egg dumplings from home with two ingredients: eggs and flour. Make a hill of flour and make a nest or bowl or well in the hill. *you can add salt to the flour, optional. Crack the eggs in the well. Stir the eggs in the flour. Mix until…

  • Daisy a jersey cow with her first calf

    The First Moments of a Calf’s Life

    The moon was large and full that night, rising over our farm’s cow pasture. Would we see another little shadow by Daisy this morning? Peering out in the chilly air the next morning, I saw no baby–just Daisy standing as round as an orange on sticks. It was in March or April when she came…

  • cinnamon buns

    Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls

    Cinnamon rolls are fun to make with children of all ages because When you bake with children, use the kitchen table so they have room to help. However, when busy, you can do the measuring and let the children help with sprinkling or shaping, just to save time–it depends on how much teaching you want…

  • “Mooo”vable Fences

    By Julia Asper, ( 2-minute read) Here at Asper Family Farm, we like to “mooo”ve our animals to new spaces. This week, I took some photos as Aaron set up a new paddock for our jersey soon-to-be mama and her red angus pals. I’m so grateful for Aaron to put together the fencing! I took…

  • Kitchen Storage: Historical Approach

    “Stowing away in unfussy cabinets, boxes, and chests the practical necessities of modern life” p. 100 ,Easy Country by Katrin Cargill. “Built-in cabinets were the earliest form of country storage.…Many were lockable and were used primarily to store foodstuffs, especially expensive bought items such as tea, spices, and sugar, which they kept safe and dry,…