Category: Farming

• Roast: Slow Roasted Lavender Lamb with a side of Joy

  YES! The big day has arrived! We are going to slow roast some lamb. This roast will have three layers of bright joyful lavender notes. Almost provencal actually as I shall also add a little rosemary and garlic. I want the scent of the herb in each different prep step of the lamb. Each separate…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 18, 2011

  Life, Low-Carb, Meals, Organic farming

  lamb, lavender, roasted lamb

• Missing the Farmy

  So we have gone in search of some animals. Central California has a few animals. This is not Daisy. City Horsies.  I am sure that Hairy MacLairy would be more than happy to visit here though. This one is the best indication of the air quality out here. The valley has huge ranges on either side…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 16, 2011

  Farming, Travel

• Poor Daisy has a cold. So I have given her a pumpkin.

  Hope you all had a great weekend. c

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 7, 2011

  Farming, Humour, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cat, chicken, chicks, Daisy the cow, kitten, kitty

• Farm Days from Dawn to Dusk

  Did you ever see that movie Dusk ’til Dawn. Well, a day on the sustainable, self sufficient, old fashioned farm is Nothing LIKE that!!! It starts at dawn. John leaves for work in the dark at 5am.  I talk to you guys and catch up with my messages until the sun comes up. I make…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 2, 2011

  Farming, Life, Organic farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Barn, cow, dawn, dusk, images, sheep, sunrise, sunset

• Making pear cider on the Sustainable Farm – Nothing is Wasted.

  A chilly autumnal day (this word autumnal needs to be said out loud, I think it has the most beautiful sound).  Today we begin to make the pear cider. The pears have been sitting in the shed quietly ripening and now they are looking juicy and sweet. Except for that greenish one, I am going…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 31, 2011

  Preserving, Sustainable farming, Vines and Wine

  crusher, hard cider, pear cider, pears, press