I have been working with Jessica, pictured here with her two children, Junie and Jonah, who is developing a line of "onesies" for infants and toddlers. Jessica creates different designs on the fabric and then dyes them over, under and all around. She has been using...
I had one of those really productive weekends. I got my office desk cleaned up on Saturday and then focused on two projects that had been pending for some time. One was to get all the sheep coats repaired from all summer. I had cleaned them but the stack grew to 15...
The NY Sheep and Wool Festival was a great event last weekend. It was my first year vending at this event and I was delighted to be able to attend. My friend, Maryann, came along to help with every aspect of the weekend and she was a Godsend. It is a big job to set up...
Success!!! Here is Wanda's recipe. Good luck and it sounds like there may be another of Wanda's favorites coming along soon, just in time for the holidays....First, I don't use pectin, so this recipe will use sugar & boil time. Also, you should know that my apples...
I am just about ready for the Rhinebeck show in NY this weekend...the truck bed is already half full, the shed off my kitchen stuffed and the shed across the street has a small pile to pack. Dear Jack is in charge of packing it all in my truck on Friday AM. It is...
I was vending this past Saturday in Newtown, CT at the Newtown Hooked Rug show and during the morning hours Rita Buchanan stopped by to say hello and wanted to be remembered to Michele Wipplinger, Earthues owner. Many of you know Rita for her fiber arts teaching over...
I had some fun dyeing this past weekend using weld on different substrates and shades of fiber. Weld is just the greatest dye to work with; read more about weld at www.longridgefarm.com/dyetips.aspI also dyed and untied my first shibori piece, the ties are bound with...
Wanda, this is good crabapple jelly as seen in the top picture (not shown on my crumpet, cause I ate it too fast!) I toasted a crumpet, put some butter on it and then the jelly and oh my, yummy. Sidney must have heard my thoughts as he came into the kitchen and so I...
We have an abundant grapevine growing down by the big barn and I decided to see how they'd fare in jelly. I have never made jelly before, which sort of surprises me, now that I have! It's fun.I read a few cookbooks and took the expert advice of my friend, Wanda, who...
A man came by the farm this morning to pick up some hay elevator parts he'd bought from us. He had come from Strafford, NH and in talking I told him I knew a couple from his town. He asked how I knew them and I told him they'd been good friends with my brother, Jamie....
