June 11, 2011 A big shout out to the Living History Farms Guild who, last weekend, hosted the Big as a Barn Garage Sale. This annual sale raises funds to support the historic sites of…
June 3, 2011 I realize I haven’t given you guys a recipe from the kitchen lately, so I will tell you about last week’s Chicken in a Basket. My lovely assistant found this recipe and…
May 17, 2011 We are well into the swing of things now at the 1900 farm, but I wanted to take a minute and show a few updates from previous posts. I am happy to…
Anatomy of a recipe: How to bake a 1900 coffee cake
Posted on May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011 You may have noticed that some of the recipes in my previous posts are not exactly what we think of in 2011 as complete. As we prepare dinner out here on the…
May 3, 2011 This past week shaped up to be a flourish of activity as we prepared to open the gates and welcome visitors to Living History Farms on Saturday. The last minute preparations include…
April 19, 2011 In addition to planting and general “getting the farm prepared for Spring” things, the 1900 Farm has already started to see 4-5 classes of school children a week. These classes come out…