Good morning farm followers! Wanted to stop in and give an update on what all is going on around here. Summer is in full swing and it has been very hot and quite wet this month. I am thankful though because there are so many dry places across this land they would gladly swap a place with me. Got some fresh organic peaches, Bing and Rainier cherries as well as some lovely organic rhubarb from a company I have been doing business with for well over ten years. Azure Standard in Dufur, Oregon. I am all about buying and supporting local but when local cannot or will not meet my standard and I cannot do it myself then I do the next best thing and that is imitate the Proverbs 31 woman and get it from afar. Azure has wonderful organic produce which the majority is grown by themselves. These folks were organic before organic had to be a buzz word! So when they have fruits and veggies in season I am all for it. Thankfully we have a Co op that delivers monthly so I can get my goods without too much of a hassle. Hopefully some of these lovely fruits/veggies will make an appearance in the Bake Shop before weeks end. Life gets pretty hectic around here. Some days I wish I could replicate myself just so I would have help. :-) My dear friend and food photographer Jessica Gray has finished up snapping beautiful images of all I asked her to do. I will get the new photos uploaded ASAP. The only slow down for me is that the photos she took are so awesome it is hard to choose just one. Been working on some yogurt cultures hopefully I will get the different varieties going so I can incorporate that into my product line. I would ask that if anyone would like to purchase freshly baked Ancient grain bakery products from our shop please message me. I try to be available almost every day so in order to offer the best of the best I would appreciate advanced ordering. You do not need to pay for anything until pick up but I want to make sure Einkorn, Red Fife and Mr. Abruzzi rye look their best! I mailed some goodies to Michigan and they are to arrive by Friday. Will know then how shelf stable these products can be. I have had a few requests to possibly ship some products. This is a test of possibly doing that. Well I have rambled on enough. Looking to continue providing quality to you all so your lives will be quality living!
Cottage Bakeshop Updates
Good afternoon on this lovely Sunday afternoon. We are thankful for Sundays around this farm since we rest from our labors and nourish our souls. Today we celebrated the baptism of our 19th grandchild. Such a blessing, so as I sit here and reflect on the gracious God we have I bless Him for all the wonderful folks who came to the Bakeshop this week. We do so desire to see folks come and learn about how food can be nourishing and good for you once again. Einkorn as many of you know is the staple grain of which I bake and I am excited to add new things to our product line. We are blessed in this nation with such an abundance of seasonal fruits and veggies. It is such a privilege that their appearance is on the food scene now and I can hardly wait to showcase them in the little Bakeshop. On the Farm store side we will have some fresh organically grown local tomatoes and cucumbers that we would love to get an opportunity to sell. Cherries are very available now so hopefully we can get some cherry type breads and scones baked up as well as a crostata or two! Well enough said today! Thank you for reading my blog and hopefully we can be blessing to you this week.
Farm Store Update
Greetings all you fine farm followers! Over the weekend we participated in the Upstate Farm Tour here in SC. Well over 250 folks visited our farm and bake shop. We are so very, very thankful for each and everyone of you. We trust you learned something and that perhaps even been inspired to do something to contribute to better food in your life. We will officially open the Bake Shop June 18, 2018. Given the response over the weekend I need to replenish my supplies and get on a schedule of baking. Many of you folks have asked for specific items and I am working on a page on this website to put each item and its price with a small description. Hopefully that will keep everyone more informed. Please put your contact information in a message so that I can respond appropriately to everyone and keep better track of each inquiry I get. We are always open to suggestion here so please feel free to give feedback where appropriate. Many have asked if I can teach a class or perhaps speak at some function they attend. Like everything in our lives we evaluate each situation as they are brought on the scene of life. We want what we say or teach to matter so before I commit to anything I want to make sure it will be useful and filled with good instruction and exhortation. Thank you all again for all your kindness. It is appreciated! We think that opening the store from 8-5 Mon-Sat. is a good beginning! So Lord willing we will see you then! Enjoy your day!
Farm Store Bake Shop progress!
Greetings from the Didaskalos Farm! The hired electrical work has been done. Inspections finished and we have our own account with the electric Co-op for the store now. Woohoo! Now my Farmer husband will finish the harder job in my opinion of the inside electrical work and then we can get busy on set up and design! Exciting times here! I had to take a week away due to a personal situation in our family but I am back on the Farm getting down to business. I am very encouraged by the amount of visitors to our farm website. Hopefully as we get better at website management you all will come back often. Please let us know what things we can write about that might be of interest. Till next time enjoy folks you only get one opportunity!
Week in review!
Greetings! So this was the first official week the website has been live. Hopefully it will improve and folks will find real valuable information here and help they might need. The new electrical panel was installed in the Farm Store Cottage Bake Shop. That is progress! Need to get that inspected so we can call the power company to get the building a meter of its own. My true desire is provide awesome, clean food. Save time for all you busy mothers, singles who just don't have time and all you 50 somethings like me who just enjoy the talents and blessings of others. So I will be baking some BREAD this week! This next weekend is Easter Sunday or as I call it Resurrection Sunday. Great time of reflection on what I am privileged to enjoy at the hand of Another. Made some decisions this week to take this farm in a slightly different direction. I am going to scale down some of my animal numbers to increase in others. There are some seriously hard choices we must make but I know this is the right direction for now. I truly believe when we invest in others we will reap a reward in ways not just monetary. So these changes are about others as well as my dear family. Not sure what I could write about that would interest you all but please feel free to send me suggestions. I love to read so I am always looking for ways to do that.