tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885864924940468402024-03-13T05:05:08.528-07:00Rosemont Century FarmRosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-67269170443819350472014-09-25T11:27:00.001-07:002014-09-25T11:27:22.401-07:00Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon RollsThese will add inches to your waistline and smiles to your face ;)<br />
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I came up with pumpkin pie cinnamon rolls by accident when making pumpkin yeast bread, because A) I wanted cinnamon rolls and B) I had leftover pumpkin puree. <br />
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Without further ado, the recipe:<br />
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6 3/4 tsp active dry yeast (or 3 pkgs yeast)<br />
1/2 C warm water (think baby bottle warm)<br />
2 TBSP brown sugar<br />
2 1/2 C pumpkin puree (any winter squash, sweet potato etc will do)<br />
2 C slightly warm milk<br />
2/3 C brown sugar<br />
2/3 C softened salted butter (plus more for pans and filling)<br />2 eggs - beaten<br />
3 tsp salt - scant<br />
1 1/2 TBSP pumpkin pie spice<br />
12 1/2 C all-purpose flour<br />
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In a large mixing bowl dissolve yeast in 1/2 C warm water, add 2 TBSP brown sugar and let stand for 5 minutes.<br />
If mixing by hand add ingredients one at a time, but if using a stand mixer the following works great:<br />
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Using a dough hook - turn mixer on to low and add pumpkin puree, 2 C slightly warm milk, 2/3 C packed brown sugar, 2/3 softened salted butter, 2 beaten eggs, 1 1/2 TBSP pumpkin pie spice and scant 3 tsp salt. Mix well until mostly smooth - if butter will not incorporate use a whisk and <strike>beat it into submission</strike> mix it for a few seconds.<br />
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Add 6 C of flour, mix on medium for 3 minutes and then add 6 - 6 1/2 more cups of flour slowly until your mixer quits or you've kneaded it for 5 minutes or so.<br />
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My mom always said to pat your kneaded dough and when it feels like a baby's bottom you're done. I tried this. It works!<br />
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Dump the entire thing into a well buttered mixing bowl or other large pot, cover with a warm, moist tea towel and let rise for 90 minutes in a warm but not overly warm spot. Check at about 75 minutes to see if it's doubled, if not leave it alone and let the yeast poof in peace ;)<br />
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Once well risen - dump the dough onto a floured counter, smash down and cut into 4 equal pieces.<br />
Stretch one piece into a large rectangle and slather on a decent amount of softened salted butter, scoop out a bit of pumpkin puree and mix it into the butter - getting ALL the way to the edges! Sprinkle on brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. I didn't measure these; just eyeballed them, but if you're nervous, mix up the pumpkin puree, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl and adjust to taste.<br />
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Roughly I'd guess that for every cup of puree you'd want a 1/4 cup of brown sugar and a tsp of pumpkin pie spice. Like I said, I eyeballed it but it was magnificent!<br />
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Roll up the rectangle lengthwise and use a serrated knife or dental floss cut into 2 1/2" - 3" thick rounds. The ends will be odd, but that's ok they still taste good. <br />
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Lightly butter the bottom of glass* cake dishes, then sprinkle on more brown sugar and more pumpkin pie spice. Just a little, just to extend the gooey love to the soon to be tops of the cinnamon rolls.<br />
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Place the rolls into the pans, leaving a little room for expansion and cover with a warm, moist tea towel and let rise for 40 minutes. <br />
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About halfway through the second rise, preheat your oven to 350* <br />
Once the rolls have risen (the second rise is not nearly as dramatic as the first, don't worry!), place into the heated oven with glass dishes not touching and let bake for about 30 - 35 minutes.<br />
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You should get about 20 - 24 large bakery sized rolls from this recipe and may have to bake in stages.<br />
You can hold the dough after the first rise in the refrigerator for a few days if need be. I also freeze formed cinnamon rolls before the 2nd rise and thaw/rise in one step.<br />
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Disclaimer: I am just a home baker. My directions may not be perfect but this works for me and they are incredible.<br />
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*glass dishes hold the heat really well when baking - I prefer them to metal hands down!<br />
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Adapted from this wonderful recipe: http://highhopesgardens.com/blog/2009/11/09/november-9-2009-buttercup-squash-yeast-bread/<br />
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Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-4640444200536656852011-01-10T13:48:00.000-08:002011-01-10T14:17:15.644-08:00Eight* Eggs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TSt_Jju3AXI/AAAAAAAAA48/UWNPirT7tjI/s1600/P1000301.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TSt_Jju3AXI/AAAAAAAAA48/UWNPirT7tjI/s320/P1000301.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560677967106343282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />2011 will be a little different for us at Rosemont Farm. My mom has cancer and while we work on getting her healthy again we have made the decision not to raise any pastured meats this year and possibly the next as well.<br /><br />What hasn't changed is my love of gardening and growing my own food! So while my mom recovers I am going to focus on my 1/3 acre city lot, and much like the Dervaes family, I plan on seeing how much food I can grow in the city.<br /><br />Right now we have 2 stands of Kale. One bed is a group of volunteers left over from a patch I planted 5 years ago. The other is a nice bed of Tuscan Kale that I planted last spring. Both are amazingly prolific.<br /><br />I'm also pretty sure a few carrots and beets are hiding under the volunteer Kale bed if I look hard enough.<br /><br />We also have various pots of herbs on the back porch and a few plants of spinach.<br />Other than that we just have the chickens...<br /><br />Currently here in the city we have 16 Delaware chicks that are 4 months old. The hens we will keep (or sell if we have more than 8 total) and the roos are going to "college".<br /><br />Last fall I gathered up all our chickens with the exception of one naughty Welsummer hen who was hiding and took them to the big farm so my parents would have eggs too.<br /><br />In honor of solstice the lovely city Welsummer decided to provide us with an egg, and another and another (you get the idea!).<br /><br />In 2011 I plan on tracking the amount of food that we produce from the city lot and providing updates as I can here on my blog.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2011 HARVEST TO DATE</span></span><br /><br />8 eggs (*3 are missing from the photo, they're in waffles which are now in our bellies :))<br /><br />Future plans for the city lot include an edible hedge in the front yard, a small walk in hoop greenhouse and a massive garden expansion including terraces and trellises.<br /><br />Stay tuned!<br /><br />Hurry up spring!Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-21388444971880899612010-10-25T20:48:00.000-07:002010-10-25T21:01:26.097-07:00Our Future<br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TMZRGAGxO1I/AAAAAAAAA4s/u5Y9PvTy28Y/s1600/DSC03918.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TMZRGAGxO1I/AAAAAAAAA4s/u5Y9PvTy28Y/s320/DSC03918.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532198355820690258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><h6 class="uiStreamMessage"> <span class="messageBody"><div id="id_4cc64f5740d3e3342610830" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >Man is what he eats.</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >Quite literally, the molecules that were once our</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" > food become the structure & function of our human form. </span><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >They were born in a tiny seed, nurtured in a bed of clay, fed by the light of a</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" > star. </span><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >The clay is ancient, the light is now, intimacy with the food is</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" class="text_exposed_hide" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" class="text_exposed_show" >our future.<br /><br />Denesse Willey <a href="http://www.tdwilleyfarms.com/">(T&D Willey Farms)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Heather - I've never heard of this farm until today, when I saw this quote on Facebook. It moved me. I had to post it here.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">I hope they don't mind :)</span><br /></span></div></span></h6>Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-88274787420724781362010-10-01T14:40:00.000-07:002010-10-01T14:43:34.472-07:00Etsy shop finally open<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TKZV_Dp6MjI/AAAAAAAAA4c/v3uU1_U435M/s1600/DSC03769web.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TKZV_Dp6MjI/AAAAAAAAA4c/v3uU1_U435M/s320/DSC03769web.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523196534817698354" border="0" /></a><br />Well I finally got around to opening my etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RosemontFarm?ref=seller_info">shop</a>.<br />I hope you'll stop by and see what I post from time to time.<br /><br />I'll be listing hand painted items, hand sewn items, vintage treasures, ephemera...you name it...<br /><br />"Oddities for your perusal"<br /><br />:)Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-21968695554425198762010-08-13T19:39:00.000-07:002010-08-13T20:12:04.744-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TGYB8lldnbI/AAAAAAAAA4A/WyJ98aAzJkw/s1600/sunset+at+the+farm+aug+2010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TGYB8lldnbI/AAAAAAAAA4A/WyJ98aAzJkw/s320/sunset+at+the+farm+aug+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505089734900030898" border="0" /></a>At sunset the other night my soon to be daughter in law Megan stood next to me and gazed across the fields towards Yamhill. The sun stretched its fingers out and lingered on the city proper, leaving the surrounding areas in the shadows. At the time we didn't notice the way the sun shone, just that it was so breathtakingly beautiful we nearly couldn't tear our eyes away from the view. Megan snapped a few photos and we talked for awhile, but the bugs came out and drove us inside.<br /><br />It was only the next day when Megan looked at these photos that we realized what an incredible picture she had captured.<br /><br />I wanted to share it with you to make you understand why we love this place so much. Why it means so much to us and why we do what we do. Every day that view is there, just the same as always; and every day that view changes and reveals something we've never seen before.<br /><br />I wonder <span style="font-style: italic;">every time I am there</span> if my forefathers were as captivated by the view as we are. Did they stop in the middle of a mundane daily chore and just gaze over the fields in amazement like we do? I wonder if they built the house on this knoll with a 360* view on purpose? They must have. I would if it were up to me.<br /><br />A picture will never do this view justice. It is something only to be seen in person to be believed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Garden Update:</span><br />Summer is marching on at the farm and we've yet to get a ripe tomato. A few ripened in the city garden already but they had a little help because they were planted near a south facing rock wall.<br />Blackberries are ripening by the bowl full and we can't pick them fast enough at this point.<br />The zucchini has gone a little mad, but the pigs don't complain much!<br />Our plum trees didn't do anything this year, but the apples are loaded.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Animal Update:</span><br />We have 16 pigs on the hoof right now, most of which are spoken for.<br />They have lived a life of piggy luxury for the last 9 months...mud wallows, hay nests, walnuts, apples, fresh local wheat, chevre, goat milk - the list goes on...but they eat better than most people I know ;)<br /><br />We have 2 Nubian does who are looking for a Nubian husband (preferably spotted) so if you know any dairy quality bucks who need a small harem please inquire within!<br /><br />We will have very limited pork available for 2011 as we are transitioning to breeding Tamworths. We will also be growing all animal feed on farm! This is a huge milestone for us.<br /><br />I added a donation button at the top of the page - we have 22 acres to fence for pig pasture rotations & honey that's a HUGE deal ;)<br /><br />Stay tuned for more updates. Thanks for stopping in.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />HeatherRosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-14591356842776444302010-06-11T23:41:00.000-07:002010-06-21T22:28:38.235-07:00Pondering the Big Woods<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TBMysl13yOI/AAAAAAAAA0s/oEn_rJcf4W0/s1600/24381_106644206021614_100000281050428_170979_8284314_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/TBMysl13yOI/AAAAAAAAA0s/oEn_rJcf4W0/s320/24381_106644206021614_100000281050428_170979_8284314_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481780913093724386" /></a> Photo courtesy of Lori Watson<br /><br /><br />What follows is an excerpt of food preservation information from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_in_the_Big_Woods">"Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder.<br /></a><br />I do not claim any rights to this information, I just compiled this as a courtesy for people who may be interested in how the Ingalls family prepared for winter and what they ate in the Big Woods.<br /><br />Venison Jerky - salted, smoked with green hickory chips, wrapped in paper and stored in the attic<br />Salted fish - salted and placed in barrels in the pantry<br />Potatoes - root cellar<br />Carrots - root cellar<br />Beets - root cellar<br />Turnips - root cellar<br />Cabbages - root cellar<br />Onions - braided and hung in the attic<br />Red Peppers - dried, made into wreaths and hung in the attic<br />Pumpkins, Winter squashes - piled in the attic<br /><a href="http://www.calverley.ca/Part08-Agriculture/8-69.html">Hard Yellow Cheeses</a> - made from calf stomach rennet, placed in buttered muslin sewn shut and stored in the pantry<br />Herbs - dried and hung in bunches in the attic (culinary and medicinal)<br />Maple Syrup (if any left from prior year)<br />Maple Sugar cakes (if any left from prior year)<br />Molasses<br />Salt<br />Sugar (light brown for company)<br />Cornmeal<br />Flour<br />Pickles - sour<br />Walnuts<br />Hickory Nuts<br />Hazelnuts<br />Honey<br />Coffee<br />Tea<br />Vinegar<br />Dried Apples<br />Dried Berries<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Pig Butchering Day:</span><br /><br />Hams and shoulders - brined then smoked, wrapped in paper and hung in the attic<br />Other meat cuts - salted, smoked, wrapped in paper and stored in the attic<br />Cracklings from lard making - stored in jar or barrel in the pantry, used in making Johnny Cakes<br />Sausage - finely minced meat and fat mixed with salt, pepper and garden fresh sage then formed into balls and stored in the shed (to freeze)<br />Lard - jars stored in the shed<br />Salt pork - stored in a keg in the shed<br /><br /><br />Butter - grate 1 fresh carrot and soak in milk for a few hours before making butter so winter butter is not pale<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Food:</span><br /><a href="http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/409/Salt_Rising_Bread14263.shtml"><br />Salt rising bread</a> - this recipe has shortening, but I assume you can use butter instead<br /><a href="http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=327994">Rye 'n' Injun bread</a><br /><a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/Cracker-Recipes.aspx">Swedish crackers</a><br /><a href="http://www.heritagerecipes.com/veggies/mothers-baked-beans.htm">Baked beans with salt pork and molasses</a> - disregard the mustard if you want to be really authentic<br /><a href="http://www.heritagerecipes.com/pie-recipes/vinegar-pie.htm">Vinegar Pies</a><br />Dried apple pies<br />Cookies<br />Cake<br />Molasses & sugar snow candy<br />Red & White striped peppermint sticks<br />Pancakes<br />Cold venison sandwiches and milk<br /><a href="http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HastyPudding_IndianPudding.htm">Hasty pudding</a><br />Pumpkin Pies<br />Dried berry pies<br />Cold boiled pork<br />Bread and butter<br />Hardboiled eggs<br />Stewed pumpkin with bread - pumpkin slow cooked all day with spices until reduced and very thick<br />Hubbard squash - baked in hunks for dinner<br /><a href="http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hulled-corn-or-samp-what-it-is-and-how-to-make-it/">Hulled corn</a> and milk<br />Hulled corn and milk with maple syrup<br />Hulled corn fried in pork drippings<br />Boiled potatoes, cabbage and meat<br /><a href="http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1497.html">Johnny Cake</a><br />Pitchers of milk<br />Tea<br />Coffee<br /><br />What I find interesting is how the Ingalls family doesn't eat much meat through the summer months because Pa doesn't believe in killing animals that may have babies.<br />They eat ultra seasonally (obviously) and naturally limit themselves to what is available or what they can afford if Pa went to town.<br /><br />I've read this book 3 times since last fall and my main takeaways are the simplicity and seasonality of their diet.<br /><br />I think as Americans who are used to having whatever we want whenever we want this type of thinking may be a tad extreme, but it's good information to ponder as we go through the fruitful months of summer.<br /><br />What do we really need in order to survive?Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-68840409958930848912010-05-07T13:24:00.000-07:002010-05-07T14:06:53.849-07:00On layoffs, new adventures and being a full-time mama & farmer<br><br />Today marked the end of my 9 year employment with Hollywood Video corporate offices. Hollywood is closing all their stores in the coming months and my position as a Specialty Sell Thru buyer was no longer needed. <br /><br />That said, I loved my job at Hollywood and will cherish the memories and friends I made while I worked there. <br /><br />But in the words of Walt Disney, I need to "Keep Moving Forward!"<br /><br />I've been spread pretty thin with a 2 year old, farm, full-time job and a house in the city; so I'm really looking forward to being able to devote myself full-time to the two real loves of my life (family & farm).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What we're up to:</span><br /><br />We'll be sending a fresh batch of pork to <a href="http://farmtoforkdundee.com/">"Farm to Fork"</a> restaurant in Dundee, Oregon sometime in the near future. <br /><br />Patience is a virtue when watching pastured pigs grow as they do not make the same astounding rates of growth in six months like a confined feed operation pig does.<br /><br />Chef Paul Bachand did all sorts of fun things with our pork last time, and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.<br /><br /><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/S-R5y1Tg9UI/AAAAAAAAAxU/nmICju70ajU/s1600/2010-01-23+11.42.30.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/S-R5y1Tg9UI/AAAAAAAAAxU/nmICju70ajU/s320/2010-01-23+11.42.30.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468629761743975746" /></a><br /><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/S-R-UIAjBBI/AAAAAAAAAxk/HyiZsZglQtc/s1600/2010-01-23+11.45.31.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/S-R-UIAjBBI/AAAAAAAAAxk/HyiZsZglQtc/s320/2010-01-23+11.45.31.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468634731746886674" /></a><br /><br><br /><br /><br /><br />We're also one of the suppliers for chef <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffreyjkingman">Jeffrey Kingman</a> at <a href="http://savantculinaire.wordpress.com/">"Cognito"</a> that opens this summer in PDX. We'll be providing pork & vegetables for their top secret menu! <br /><br />The Willamette Week also mentioned us in their <a href="http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/05/07/eat-more-details-on-cognito/"> article </a>about Cognito today which was pretty thrilling I must say!<br /><br />We can be found on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/Rosemont_Farm">@Rosemont_Farm</a>.<br /><br />We're hoping to partner with a few more local restaurants in a CSA type model to allow us to expand what we can offer from our sustainably run, ethically grown 22 acre slice of heaven. <br /><br />Here's to a fun and healthy summer full of family and farm memories...plus some really darn good food.Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-26998002807811163612009-10-09T09:56:00.000-07:002009-10-09T10:28:32.983-07:00Alternative Pest Management with Edible Plants<a href="http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/images/2007/07/29/vintage_union_carbide_ad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 526px;" src="http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/images/2007/07/29/vintage_union_carbide_ad.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Image source: <a href="http://www.pollenatrix.com/pollenatrix/2004/12/hindsight_that_.html">Pollenatrix</a><br /><br />A long time ago, I read that the shortage of Hummingbirds was because of pesticides. At my old place (about 75 miles east of here) I counted 11 Hummingbirds at one time all vying for a spot on the feeder. I have seen 1 a year here in the Willamette Valley! The difference is terrible, and I really miss those little zoomers.<br /><br />According to Jonathan Ya'akobi at <a href="www.dryclimategardening.com">Dry Climate Gardening</a>, a pair of nesting birds can eat 75 pounds (POUNDS!!) of bugs in a year. This includes aphids, insect eggs and caterpillars.<br /><br />I've been actively researching plants that attract birds (bees, butterflies and beneficial insects) and are still part of my edible landscaping plan.<br /><br />To attract and keep the beneficial critters a few things are needed - food, water, shelter and no pesticides.<br /><br /><strong>Food:</strong><br /><br />Blueberry<br />Huckleberry<br />Raspberry<br />Grapes<br />Mulberry<br />Plum<br />Calendula<br />Dill (food for Black Swallowtail caterpillars)<br />Fennel (food for Black Swallowtail caterpillars)<br />Nasturtium<br />Parsley (food for Black Swallowtail caterpillars)<br />Sunflowers<br />Anise Hyssop<br />Pineapple Sage<br />Cherry<br />Crab Apples (Crab Apple Jelly anyone?)<br />Hazelnuts/ Filberts<br />Walnuts<br />Chesnuts<br /><br />Check out this <a href="http://www.thegardenhelper.com/birdplants.html">LIST </a> online that has some great suggestions for attracting birds.<br /><br />The folks at <a href="http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_pest_cntrl.htm">EarthEasy</a> have plenty of suggestions how to control pests by attracting beneficial insects too!<br /><br /><strong>Shelter:</strong><br /><br />Evergreen shrubs and trees (leaves or needles or both!) to protect them from predators and the elements.<br /><br /><strong>Water:</strong><br /><br />Birds love water that drips so a tiny fountain is sure to attract them.<br />A birdbath is great too.<br /><br />Butterflies like a little muddy place that they can sip tiny amounts of water from. Think 'marsh garden'.<br /><br />I don't know about you, but I would much rather lose a berry or two to a flock of birds than sit on a chemical soaked lawn. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.pollenatrix.com/pollenatrix/2004/12/hindsight_that_.html"></a>Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-45736740875186812012009-08-11T20:03:00.000-07:002010-02-27T18:23:22.686-08:00More Summer pics!<div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIxHfAlLEI/AAAAAAAAARg/oFuk7ylJcvQ/s1600-h/DSC02127.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIxHfAlLEI/AAAAAAAAARg/oFuk7ylJcvQ/s320/DSC02127.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br><br /><br><br /><center><br />Here come the combines! It was really quite a sight. I know they thought I was nuts running out there to take pictures, but oh well!</center><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoWHzjkf4ZI/AAAAAAAAASA/uxsMysM2K5w/s1600-h/DSC02133_colorcorrex.jpg"><img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369847450500587922" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoWHzjkf4ZI/AAAAAAAAASA/uxsMysM2K5w/s320/DSC02133_colorcorrex.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br><br /><br><br /><center><br />My oldest sons building fence. I do so love having big strapping boys. View looking Northwest at the Trask Mtn range (coast range).<br /></center><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIxHxZcPtI/AAAAAAAAARw/4cKmIlFOfow/s1600-h/DSC02134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIxHxZcPtI/AAAAAAAAARw/4cKmIlFOfow/s320/DSC02134.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br><br /><br><br /><center><br />The view due North. Isn't it beautiful here? I can see why my Great x 4 Grandfather chose this site for his house.<br /></center><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIxIVXl6zI/AAAAAAAAAR4/y9yNLeLVbMk/s1600-h/DSC02140.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIxIVXl6zI/AAAAAAAAAR4/y9yNLeLVbMk/s320/DSC02140.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br><br /><br><br /><center><br />This is view North and slightly West...it was stunning in person.<br /></center><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-64860883725047283662009-08-11T19:49:00.000-07:002009-08-11T20:13:09.797-07:00Farm Pics August 2009Sorry I am so lax about posting - what with a toddler, full-time jobs and a farm the blog gets forgotton.<br /><br />We are tweeting @Rosemont_Farm though! Come play along!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt-eEX3YI/AAAAAAAAARA/fnQ9hFlDLf8/s1600-h/DSC02093.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt-eEX3YI/AAAAAAAAARA/fnQ9hFlDLf8/s320/DSC02093.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is Vi.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt-4ZTTLI/AAAAAAAAARI/kmecgTDUZZw/s1600-h/DSC02106.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt-4ZTTLI/AAAAAAAAARI/kmecgTDUZZw/s320/DSC02106.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is the view looking East into the town of Yamhill. The Bent Grass seed crops are down & the combines are coming through...see next blog post.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt_SSH9pI/AAAAAAAAARQ/a6dN-2QBlOE/s1600-h/DSC02112.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt_SSH9pI/AAAAAAAAARQ/a6dN-2QBlOE/s320/DSC02112.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The red clingstone plums are ready this coming weekend! They make luscious jam.<br />Thanks to 2 wild beehives we have plenty of fruit set this year.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt_wxwOUI/AAAAAAAAARY/FAMoRnRcstY/s1600-h/DSC02118.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SoIt_wxwOUI/AAAAAAAAARY/FAMoRnRcstY/s320/DSC02118.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The view looking due East at the town of Yamhill. In the foreground is the corn and tomato patch.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"></div>Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-87501733897206053452009-07-12T19:06:00.001-07:002009-07-12T19:07:32.300-07:00No more milk sales effective July 12, 2009It is with great sadness that we have decided to cease selling raw goat milk effective today. Please return your jars at your convenience for a refund of your deposit monies.<br />Take care,<br />Heather & the gangRosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-71315426249544450782009-03-22T17:00:00.000-07:002009-03-22T20:27:03.432-07:00Just hamming it up at the farm<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SccBa-dQVnI/AAAAAAAAAI8/TmEfjt63k3g/s1600-h/DSC01870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SccBa-dQVnI/AAAAAAAAAI8/TmEfjt63k3g/s320/DSC01870.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316219448088090226" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday at the farm was a very productive day.<br /><br />We started tearing down the old greenhouse that had fallen in the "Blizzard of '08".<br /><br />We found a bunch of chicken raising supplies from when my grandparents were raising a flock.<br /><br />The major find was a big brooder. We just need to rewire it with a safer set up.<br /><br />We also found a bunch of the original doors and windows off the house (c. 1876!). The doors were in really good shape.<br /><br />There was a giant pickle crock that was cracked but repairable. I am sure the glaze is lead so we would not use it even if it were not cracked.<br /><br />We took a peek into the old smokehouse and saw so many treasures that we want to go after. We are very patient though, knowing how unsafe that building might be.<br /><br />At the entry way of the old chicken coop we uncovered a giant flagstone that was placed there to keep the mud down. My dad thinks he may have placed it there years ago.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/ScbSUU5kahI/AAAAAAAAAIk/tDy6jyFonts/s1600-h/DSC01871.JPG"></a><br /><br />This mama was all coy and shy about having her picture done.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/ScbUsGLLyEI/AAAAAAAAAIs/3qASH_nJfV0/s1600-h/DSC01869.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316170264194304066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/ScbUsGLLyEI/AAAAAAAAAIs/3qASH_nJfV0/s320/DSC01869.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>This mama muscled her way in when I was taking pictures and shoved her mug right up into the camera to make sure I took her picture. She is a big ham but she is my favorite goat...don't tell the others. You can see her baby belly. I am guessing she will go another 4 weeks or so before we meet her little ones.</div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/ScbSUU5kahI/AAAAAAAAAIk/tDy6jyFonts/s1600-h/DSC01871.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316167656806836754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/ScbSUU5kahI/AAAAAAAAAIk/tDy6jyFonts/s320/DSC01871.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/ScbQ4BApgrI/AAAAAAAAAIc/JiEH4ndSWk4/s1600-h/DSC01871.JPG"></a></div><br /><br />We have lots more to do in the coming months, stay tuned for updates.<br /><br />Garden update: Yesterday we started 90 tomato plants, 48 cucumbers and 21 zuchinni plants!<br /><div></div>Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-85698005311149199282009-03-14T12:42:00.000-07:002009-03-14T12:45:33.229-07:00Gingerbread Goat Milk Ice Cream RecipeI am making this tomorrow:<br /><br /><strong>Ingredients </strong><br /><br />5 cups raw goat milk<br />1 egg<br />1 1/2 cups organic cane sugar (dark brown sugar is a nice change)<br />1/4 cup Gingerbread syrup (Monin is the best)<br />1/4 cup crystalized ginger<br />1/8 tsp sea salt<br /><br />To really kick it up a notch add broken gingersnaps...mmm!<br /><br />Mix well and place in ice cream freezer according to the manufacturer's directions.<br /><br />Peak flavor occurs at 24 hours.Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-402674474638689382009-03-07T18:51:00.000-08:002009-03-07T19:16:02.819-08:00Thor the Wondrous Buckling & a Saturday Farm UpdateWe've gone back and forth about whether or not to keep Thor.<br /><br />He is an amazing buckling. He's frisky and feisty. He is larger than his sister and his older 1/2 siblings who were born a week before him.<br /><br />He's also related to 1/2 the herd so it wouldn't be very wise to keep him, yet somehow I haven't talked myself in to selling him.<br /><br />Here are a couple of pictures of him from today. I had to use my cellphone because my camera battery died.<br /><br />Please read on after the picture interlude for more farm updates.<br /><br /><em>Here is Thor standing on one of our last 2 pregnant mamas. She looks resigned to it doesn't she??</em><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w6/Jasminexoxo_album/0307091422.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w6/Jasminexoxo_album/0307091422.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>Here is Thor showing his nifty horn buds. Little does he know that come fall they will be a distant memory.</em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w6/Jasminexoxo_album/0307091423a.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w6/Jasminexoxo_album/0307091423a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had twin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">bucklings</span> this week. A cute little red one and a cute little brown one. Their mama is one of our older does so these may be her last babies. She has a huge udder and looks like she will be a gallon+ milker <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wooohooo</span>.</div><div> </div><div>I'll publish pictures of the new babies soon. I know I am terrible mentioning these cute little kids that were just born and then not adding pics!!</div><div> </div><div>Today was a work day on the farm. Oh wait, aren't all days work days on farms? </div><div> </div><div>We cleaned out an unused area of the old print shop and are busy converting it to a kitchen area for the dairy. I'm excited to be doing this because it feels like we're finally *in* business. If that makes sense?</div><div> </div><div>We're putting up drywall and then painting the room with an aqua glaze. I swiped the color from the movie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mamma</span> Mia! I know it's shameless, but what can I say ;)</div><div> </div><div>We're staining the cement floors so they look like stone, adding a new door and window, some fun lighting, a stainless table and sink, a sterilizing dishwasher, hot water heater, fridge....and voila after all that we are ready to take on the world. </div><div> </div><div>Meanwhile in the pastured pig world, we have 4 pigs spoken for so run don't walk to your nearest phone and call to reserve yours before they are gone!<br /><br />See you soon.</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"></span> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-88130140764579283692009-03-05T20:48:00.000-08:002009-03-05T21:08:47.681-08:00What does an old building have to do with dairy goats?In 1846 Thomas Crawford Davis first laid eyes upon the Willamette Valley. One hundred sixty three years later his family is still living on the same piece of ground that he homesteaded.<br /><br />A lot has changed since his day. Much of the land has been sold off and houses have popped up all over like mushrooms after a rain. We still hang on to 22 acres though, and intend to for many generations to come.<br /><br />The love of the land is behind our foray into farming again. Ideally we'd like to develop into a fully self sufficient farm with solar power, rainwater catchment and the like. We're starting small this year with a cistern or two to help with the garden.<br /><br />Below is the old smokehouse on the farm. It has been around for about 150 years. This year marks the end of an era as this building will probably have to be torn down. It survived the heavy snows of December, but it is completely riddled with dry rot and will soon fall in on itself if we don't tear it down first.<br /><br />We are heartbroken to be losing this building that was built so long ago by our pioneer relatives.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SbCuJu8OCCI/AAAAAAAAAFY/ApuU5Uh9MaA/s1600-h/DSC01840.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309935442912479266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SbCuJu8OCCI/AAAAAAAAAFY/ApuU5Uh9MaA/s320/DSC01840.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SbCuI_KXDaI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/bbUFgKkrGF8/s1600-h/DSC01839.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309935430086888866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SbCuI_KXDaI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/bbUFgKkrGF8/s320/DSC01839.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SbCuIbb6vPI/AAAAAAAAAFI/_JxNjj1DQbM/s1600-h/DSC01838.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309935420496854258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SbCuIbb6vPI/AAAAAAAAAFI/_JxNjj1DQbM/s320/DSC01838.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />If you are out at the farm picking up milk, don't hesitate to ask to see the smokehouse before it's gone.Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-56608908479337272412009-03-01T10:59:00.000-08:002009-03-01T11:18:42.573-08:00Spring is Springing!Yesterday as I walked around our farm I noticed that the goat's favorite food was starting to bud. That's right, the blackberry vines had 1/2 inch leaf shoots on them. It was such a silly thing to have made me so divinely happy. But with all the snow and ice this year, winter has felt endless.<br /><br />No new births to report, but the last 3 mamas who are pregnant are definitely getting round! <br /><br />We've hired a new milk hand named Luis, who was the back-up milker at the farm we bought our dairy herd from. He's a very quiet guy, but I am sure after a few weeks of our gang he'll come around! <br /><br /><br />Juan who has been our "Juan of all trades" including milking, is now solely focused on the set up of the new milking parlor, snow damaged building tear down, fencing, garden preparation etc. He has his hands full with all the projects I threw his way yesterday.<br /><br />We're currently planning the garden layout for our farmstand. So far we have heirloom tomatoes, swiss chard, cucumbers, zuchinni, winter squash, green peppers, misc. hot peppers, basil, cilantro and misc. other herbs and vegetables as space and time permit.<br /><br />We are revitalizing a very old orchard so fruit will be in limited supply this year, but it should be of the very tasty antique variety! We have apples, plums, pears, 2 kinds of grapes plus black walnuts, hazelnuts, and 2 types of cherries if we can get to them before the birds. Our farm was blessed with an abundance of blackberries so we will offer those too. <br /><br />No chemicals of any kind are used on the gardens and orchards of our farm. So the goodness of our produce really is from seed to skin and everything in between.<br /><br />We are bringing in 8 piglets to live their brief happy lives in a grassy, blackberry filled pasture. They will never receive chemical wormers or antibiotics and will have free access to grass, sunshine and clean water. You've heard the saying as happy as a pig in mud? Well, ours will be as happy as a pig in grass. Their meat will be lean, tasty and good for you. Three pigs are spoken for so make sure to get on the list early. We expect to butcher in early November (after the dear oinkers clean up the fallen fruit from the orchard). Which means that you could have a fresh ham on Thanksgiving if you wanted to.<br /><br />We will also begin to offer free range eggs at some point this summer. The care of the chickens will fall in line with everything else on the farm...no stress, lots of sunshine, fresh green grass and no chemicals of any sort.<br /><br />Our farm email is rosemont century farm at g mail dot com. <br /><br />Happy Spring.Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-54248093374259708482009-02-07T18:24:00.000-08:002009-02-07T18:46:20.336-08:00A Milking We Shall Go!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SY5HLDJ0oQI/AAAAAAAAAAc/jy6y8t7HQgU/s1600-h/DSC01825.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SY5HLDJ0oQI/AAAAAAAAAAc/jy6y8t7HQgU/s320/DSC01825.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300252066612289794" /></a><br /><br />I finally am getting around to starting a blog to show off our lovely Nubian dairy goats and our farm.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SY5FTV1Fa0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/HnBiHuRN7GY/s1600-h/DSC01824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SY5FTV1Fa0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/HnBiHuRN7GY/s320/DSC01824.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300250010041281346" /></a><br /><br /><br />At the moment we have 7 does, 2 doelings, and 8 kids. Out of the 8 that were pregnant 5 have kidded and 4 are in milk which is really exciting.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SY5GSszLJkI/AAAAAAAAAAU/g4rZa4t083E/s1600-h/DSC01822.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evHHA3MO9mA/SY5GSszLJkI/AAAAAAAAAAU/g4rZa4t083E/s320/DSC01822.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300251098539042370" /></a><br /><br /><br />We have repurposed an unused pole-building into a nice milking parlor with 2 stanchions. As always there is more work to be done, and the minute I think we have accomplished a task I start to think of ways to improve said task. It drives me nuts! But at least we are moving forward.<br /><br />I'll write more later about our farm's history and the plans for the future; but for now please enjoy the pictures.Rosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.com0