canning & preserving food - Stowe Farm Community https://stowefarm.org An Intentional Farm Community located in Colrain, Massachusetts Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:26:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://stowefarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-site-icon.png canning & preserving food - Stowe Farm Community https://stowefarm.org 32 32 Cider pressing at Peter and Kaylee’s https://stowefarm.org/cider-pressing-at-peter-and-kaylees/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:35:27 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6798 Thank you, Peter and Kaylee, for a beautiful day of cider pressing, delicious apple cake, and for delivering fresh apple cider to each of our doorsteps at Stowe Farm! The ducks enjoyed the day too. They were flattered that the bird dog pointed and never took her eyes off of them!  

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]]> Every last tomato and pepper https://stowefarm.org/6435-2/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:24:25 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6435 Picked the last of the red tomatoes, only the green ones left. They are delicious when pickled. We also picked the last batch of shishito peppers. and pickled peppers…

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]]> Delicious treats for our gathering on Sunday https://stowefarm.org/6390-2/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:42:11 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6390 The cheese is called “cabecou”, a soft chevre that is made from our Nigerian Dwarf goat’s milk. The chevre is marinated for 4 days in olive oil with a bay leaf, peppercorns and herbs du Provence. The bread is “Tourte deMeule”, a fermented sourdough bread made with a levain starter and freshly milled Redeemer wheat... [Read More]

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]]> Time to pickle https://stowefarm.org/time-to-pickle/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:53:24 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6166 We’ve been pickling like crazy. Between community cucumbers and Lynn’s bumper crop, there are plenty to share.

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]]> The joys of garlic https://stowefarm.org/the-joys-of-garlic/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:27:20 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6190 So far, we pickled and put away the scapes, and had a couple rounds of garlic scape pesto. They made it through the dry spell. We’re still having great luck with Music and German Extra Hardy garlic. The scapes freeze well, and make an easy pesto dinner throughout the winter. Now on to the garlic!... [Read More]

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]]> Connections https://stowefarm.org/connections/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 22:12:15 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=5663 *from “The Amish use tech differently than you think. We should emulate them.” by By Jeff Smith, The Washington Post, Feb. 17, 2020 It can often feel as if modern life does little to encourage healthy connections between people.  The logistics of making a living and meeting core family needs combined with dispersion of extended families... [Read More]

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]]> Making kombucha with aronia berries https://stowefarm.org/kombucha-with-aronia-berries/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:51:46 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=4499 Anna and Haynes are making kombucha with fresh picked aronia berries. They got the ‘mother’ from Katalyst Kombucha in Greenfield.

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]]> Full house for Cellars & Cave tours and workshops https://stowefarm.org/full-house-for-cellars-cave-tours-and-workshops/ Sat, 02 May 2015 15:55:58 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=4179 Judy and Haynes gave a tour of the cheese cave. There were also tours of a root cellar, cider cellar, and Stoneman Brewery. photos…

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]]> Cellars & Cave Tour Saturday March 28 https://stowefarm.org/cellars-and-cave/ Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:11:12 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=2954 Katywil and Stoneman Brewery & workshops are added to 2nd annual Cellars & Cave Tour of Heath! Register soon (limited tickets) with Jessica Van Steenburg at wecanfarminheath@gmail.com. Schedule and descriptions…  

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]]> Bringing back the fruits of summertime https://stowefarm.org/summer-fruits/ Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:09:28 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=3704 Releasing the summer fruits aronia, peaches, and raspberries, out of the freezer and into smoothies, made the efforts so worth it!

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