This week we had a visit from an apprentice applicant who speaks American Sign Language and was able to teach Topher these important signs! Cow… Pig… and Chicken… share these with your friends!
Even though the daylight is getting shorter and shorter, we are still getting the most amazing light, especially in the mornings. I love seeing the morning sun come up over the stone barn and though the long draping branches and leaves of the willow tree outside my front door. The farm is a special place …
At Cricket Creek apprentices come to work on the farm and in the creamery and generally stay for a year at a time. We are now interviewing for the 2014 apprentice crew! Details on the apprenticeship can be found here on our website. If you know anyone interested in working on a dairy farm or making …
On December 1st we will be having a cheese making class here at the farm! This is an opportunity to see how we make cheese in our farmstead creamery. It is a beginner class and intended for a wide audience – cooks, DIY enthusiasts, aspiring cheese makers, or anyone curious about what commercial cheese making on a …
I have been thinking a lot about chickens lately. Which I guess is pretty normal for me, because I love those little guys! There is probably an endless number of entertaining things you can do with chickens, but if you have a good-sized flock of them, maybe a dozen or more, one fun thing you …