This time of year always gets me thinking about the traditions of our ancestors. Our family has quite a few of them, from all over the world.

I hope you enjoy these updates, thoughts on politics, other deep thoughts and a recipe?

Life has been busy here on the farm this spring! We’ve been working through a long list that we made, and we’re making good progress.

As the title implies, it’s springtime here in the Yoop! I can almost taste the grilled goodness that is in store. Things are about to get busy on the farm here too, equipment is being prepped for field work, some last minute touches are going to be done… Read more: It’s Almost Grillin’ Season! 4/21/23

Today, while I was bottling for our members, I was contemplating how many different variables of milk I could actually come up with. Who thinks about these things?

As I start to come out of my winter sabbath, I figured I would share this recipe with you all! The pictures have been waiting on my phone since February!

Growing up, this was one of my favorite meals, and mom made it regularly. It takes some old fashioned loving care, but that is what makes it soooo good.

In order to focus on my faith and health, 2023 will NOT be a year of BIG announcements here on the farm!

…with the help of my trusty Instant Pot, I’m able to make small batch, high quality, raw milk cheese efficiently in my kitchen all year round.

I started this article wanting to tell you all about our busy October, but I decided to let this article be just about my favorite cow, Kookie. Gosh I love her

We hope you all got to enjoy the fair this year, if not, enjoy this taste of it through the eyes of a thankful farmwife.

I thought I would put a spin on my Ancestral Eating series of posts, and address three more WAPF principles in an post written just for busy women out there.

There’s not a lot philosophical about this post, just a ‘catch you up’ kind of article since its been so long since I wrote.

Few things bring as much comfort as the smell and taste of Grandma Bell’s homemade bread.

Our plan would have worked great, if you could tell when our darn cows were in heat! Enter, technology to keep happy, healthy cows.

The second group of principles I want to cover are related to dairy, which sometimes also touches on fats, ferments, & cultures.

2021 was a year of growth and change here on the ranch. We started off the New Year with a full barn and full hearts…

I started writing this post on the fourth…. that’s how my December has gone. December started with a quick trip out to Tacoma, WA…

The first in a series of articles to help busy families implement Dr. Weston A. Price’s principles for healthy eating! In this article, we go over the fats.

The other thing that happened last week was this soup. There is nothing better to warm you up than a nice hot, spicy and sweet, pumpkin soup!

We hope you can take pieces of what we share in this post to enrich your life too.

My mother-in-law called me last week and asked if we could use some plums, like ‘a bunch for canning, freezing and cooking.’ Sure! Why not?

While I’m over here cooking and preserving ‘people’ food, the guys over at our sister farm are doing the same for the livestock- ours and theirs.

Sometimes you just need to do hide away for a few days and be with family. I thought I’d share a recipe mash-up we enjoyed last week to make up for my absence

The reason we decided to get sheep was based on information I acquired by listening to the Wise Tradition’s podcast (one of my faves!) episodes 32 & 33. In these particular episodes, Hilda interviews Allan Savory of the Savory Institute, which is based in South Africa. Their sole… Read more: So We Decided to Get Some Sheep- 9/5/2021

We’ll be sharing recipes, homestead tips, and stories of our daily life here on the ranch, all you need to do is let us know you’re interested by subscribing.

I’m going to tell you about how safe, healthy, raw milk is intentionally produced for direct human consumption.

Our family comes from a long, long heritage of farmers- this artical is from back when the Jorasz Family Dairy celebrated it’s centennial year in 2015. It was such a fun-filled day! U.P. Family Farm Set to Celebrate Centennial WILSON – As one might expect from a farm… Read more: Jorasz Family Dairy- Centennial Celebration Article- 7/2015

We had to make a choice- our farm, or my career…

The Augie Fudala Barn was completed on June 9, 2010 in Bark River, MI. The volunteers included FFA members and FFA alumni members working together to restore this classic barn. The barn projects are sponsored by Campbells Soup.

Since we’re all cooped up during this pandemic, we have tons of time to explore our family traditions, specifically of the culinary nature! Yesterday’s adventure took us to Poland- Andy’s family homeland.

We just love our chickens here on the ranch- they are a fun project for our little ones to help with, they’re docile (usually), easy to feed and water, and they provide us and a few clients with farm fresh eggs. Our daughter, Brianna, will even be showing… Read more: The Miraculous Chicken! 3/13/20

There’s always enough to keep us all busy, and it’s hard to imagine that in a few short weeks we’ll be adding planting to this routine!

*Trigger* A real post about when farming is really hard.

This is the ‘one where we tell you our life story…’