View from the Farm: June 2015

We've been cutting hay, working horses, and moving chickens around. We're also getting ready for a visit from our younger daughter and her family for the 4th of July. The to do list is bigger than the summer, but let's see how far we can get through it!

Work on our new (and very much improved) driveway is making progress in the past week.

Western Sandwiches

From: Betsy Miller

A classic, hearty sandwich that can be made to feed a crowd, or to save and have lunch for two days. A favorite of our daughter who doesn't like onions or cooked egg, go figure.

Ingredients:

6 or more eggs, available self-serve on the porch at Hill Place Farm for $5

1 large onion, a sweet onion like a Vidalia is the best

1lb bacon

1 loaf sandwich bread

Butter

Directions

Cut the bacon into small pieces (you can also cut after you cook, but it's easier to cut raw) and cook it in a frying pan or griddle. While the bacon is cooking, break your eggs into a bowl and whisk until the yolks are all broken up. Dice your onion, small if your crowd doesn't like onions. Add the diced onions to the whisked eggs. 

Once the bacon has cooked, remove it from the pan and place it on paper towels to get off some of the grease and cool it slightly. Once your bacon has cooled a little bit, add it to the egg and onion mix. Ladle or pour the egg mixture into hot pan (the same pan you cooked your bacon in, or a buttered one) in sandwich sized blobs. You want them to be cooked thoroughly, which won't take long and they should only need to flip once.

While the egg sandwiches are cooking, toast and butter two slices of bread per person. 

Assemble sandwiches and slice in half diagonally. Egg mix will keep covered in the refrigerator for a day or two, if you don't cook all at once.

Chickens, Chickens Everywhere!

We currently have no less than four different batches of chickens around the farm. Some of these (pictured here) are our "old" laying flock. These ladies are just about 3 years old and while they don't still lay like they used to, they're still working at it. They just moved into this pig house turned chicken coop. Our new laying hens took over the main coop; they'll be laying by fall. We also have two batches of birds growing for meat (if you're interested in ordering a whole frozen chicken, click here). 

We're on Facebook

Check out our farm's Facebook page and be sure to add us! We'll use the page for updates about seasonal product availability, and as always, more horse photos. 

Horse Power

Lena has been working hard to help us train Holly, our younger Suffolk mare. First we take Lena out and give her some work to do; spreading manure, harrowing a field, moving some timber. Then after she's worked in, we harness Holly and hitch them up together. So far it's going well, but there's lots to learn.

Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July (which is coming right up!)