Warm Wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving!

Heartfelt thanks from Sheepy Hollow for…
family and friends,
warm woolies,
birthdays,
soft muzzles,
quiet moments,
wagging tails,
lots of hugs,
an unexpected visit,
starry nights,
a wood fire…
God’s grace & blessings to you!
 
 

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Simple Hand-Made Herbal Gifts

As the days shorten and the chill in the air turns our thoughts to home and hearth, take joy as winter approaches. It is indeed a more ‘peaceful’ time on the farm…gardening chores are mostly done, animals are ‘bedded’ down for the winter, winter woolies are taken out of storage…  It is a well-deserved quiet season to reflect [...]

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Thanks for Visiting Sheepy Hollow!

A heartfelt ‘THANK YOU’ for visiting Sheepy Hollow’s ‘Christmas in the Country ~ Holiday Open House’.
We had wonderful weather for touring the gardens
 and visiting the barnyard menagerie!
I enjoyed meeting new folks and revisiting old friends.
I had many requests for the cheese spread/dip.
I’d love to share the simple, but delicious, recipe with you.
 You’ll need three basic ingredients:
1 cup mayonnaise, [...]

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Holiday Open House

 Christmas in the Country
~:~:~  Holiday Open House  ~:~:~
at Sheepy Hollow Farm & Studio
Friday & Saturday
November 13 & 14, 2009
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 
2009 Shop Hours thru December 20, 2009: Fri, Sat, Sun, 11 – 4
 

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A Recipe for Parsley…

Do you recall all the parsley in my garden in a previous post (it’s actually about half of the parsley in my garden)? Well, if you have lots of fresh parsley, here’s a recipe that perhaps you’d like to try… TABOULI. First, a few facts about parsley. Parsley is a biennial – that means it comes [...]

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A welcome addition to my fiber ’stash’…

What happens when you love F I B E R and G O A T S ??? You get a goat that’s reputed for its fiber and hardiness, in this case, a P Y G O R  A, which is a breed purposely bred and registered to produce fine fiber for hand spinning. Pygoras are a cross between an [...]

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A Working Weekend

Matt was home over an extended 4-day weekend (mid-terms) so I spent lots of time rattling the pots and pans in the kitchen preparing his ‘favorites’. Used up the last of my goat’s milk cheese with baked manicotti…YUM! I made meatloaf –  it’s always a family fav – for another supper, and last, stuffed green peppers [...]

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Fall garden ‘to-do’ list!

You never realize how creative you are until it comes time to figure out what to do with all the L A V E N D E R in your garden!?!!

Most of the lavender seen here (in my drying barn) will be ‘garbled’, that is, the buds and leaves will be removed from the stems [...]

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Awww…what was I thinking?

Sunday morning I visited our local Armada Flea Market. Aside from seasonal farm fresh produce, ‘yard tag sale’ stuff (ya know – one man’s junk is another man’s treasure), occasional collectables and antiques, there’s also kittens, puppies, chickens and —– bunnies.
As I was leaving, I noticed this little furry thing, perhaps a chinchilla?? My fatal [...]

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Osage Oranges

Osage orange trees are a common sight on the Great Plains today although they were not a widespread member of the prairie community originally. Before the invention of barbed wire in the 1880’s, they were planted as living fences – or hedges – along the boundaries of farms.
The name of the tree comes from the [...]

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