Finding encouragement in the little things of life. Taking a drive in the country, kind comments from our fans and appreciation of a change in weather.

Check out the new items in our online mercantile here.

Our challenge to you this week is to notice the little things that provide encouragement to you and be an encouragement to others.

Until next time…..see ya.

This podcast recounts a few things we have enjoyed from the kitchen recently; our routine meal after markets and mercantile openings, plus an old favorite Popovers.

Here’s the popover recipe as promised:

Preheat oven to 425º. Lightly grease a six cup popover pan or use a nonstick pan.

Add 2 eggs, 1/2 tsp salt and 1 cup milk to blender. Mix briefly. Add 1 cup flour, mix again for 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the blender, mix again for 15-20 seconds or until all flour is incorporated. Distribute batter evenly in popover pan, filling each about 1/2 full. Bake for 40-45 minutes until puffed and browned. Remove from oven and immediately insert knife blade into side of popover near the top to vent steam. Serve with butter and jam.

We also referred to a previous post titled In Defense of Butter. You can read it here.

There are many ways to plan tasks, including the layout of the garden. After considering what will be planted, when it needs to be planted and the ever changing weather, sometimes it is best to use pencil and paper. This allows for last minute changes. Keep your garden plans from year to year for reference.

Remember if you make a comment about this podcast by February 18, 2019 on this post, facebook, twitter, instagram or email, you will be entered in a drawing for a free Clyde’s Garden Planner.

Thanks for listening.

Today’s episode shares our excitement in preparation for our 2019 season. This will be our best year yet.

We mentioned one of our partners who deliver when the Mercantile is open, Whittaker Beef. They have high quality meat–order online and pick up when the Farm Fresh Mercantile is open.

If you are interested in reading The Long Road to Market, click here.

Sometimes you just need to step back and think about all the things for which you are grateful. On this episode of Farm Chatter, we talk about how blessed we are in this business and living on this farm.

What are you grateful for?

It is mid-January as we recorded this and time to start the first seedlings for the garden. We discuss our process and plans for the upcoming season.

We get the majority of our seeds from Johnny’s and Baker’s Creek and recommend these sources for high quality seeds. Donna also describes saving seeds and how to determine when seeds from prior years are still viable.

And here’s the link to Gardener’s Supply.

Thanks for listening.

See ya.

Today we talk about some of the preparations we are making for the 2019 season. Not only are we adding new honeybees to replace the lost colonies from last year, but we are experimenting with some new products.

Even though our on-farm Mercantile is closed during January, you can still find many of our products in our on line store and we’ll ship direct to you. Click here to order.

Thank you for listening.

We decided to take a business sabbatical during the month of January 2019. We are using this time to refresh our business, catch up with some product development, and evaluate next steps.

This is the 50th episode of Farm Chatter, a milestone for us. Thank you for listening.

Part two of the 2018 year in review for Five Feline Farm. We discuss more of our improvements and accomplishments over the past year. It has been A-Maize-ing! (pun intended)

Speaking of A-Maize-ing, the video we referred to in this episode is available on our Youtube channel or by clicking here.

If you are interested in reading The Long Road to Market, it is available in our on-line Mercantile or through Amazon.

Thank you for listening and your support during this past year. We are looking forward to 2019 and what will happen.

Keep coming back…it’s going to get interesting.

See ya.

We begin a two part series discussing the growth of Five Feline Farm in 2018. Plus there is a lot of cowbell involved. We are so excited to share with you what has happened in our business and how each of you have helped us get to this point.