XOXO Farm Girl

The Accidental Farm

What is an accidental farm? Surprise animals you didn't plan for? Yes. But so much more. Here's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Two Mushroom Recipes: One from a mushroom farmer & one from FG!

Two mushroom recipes including one from a mushroom farmer! Who better to ask?

Bison Meatloaf Recipe from Bison Farmer Liz Riffle of Riffle Farms

This recipe comes to us from bison farmer Liz Riffle of Riffle Farms. Liz is a US Navy veteran and a Navy midwife friend perfected this...

Perfect Pork Recipe from Kune Kune pig farmer Jessica Kirskey of Little D's Farm

I interviewed pig farmer Jessica Kirskey of Little D's Farm in Grand Saline, Texas for Talk Farm to Me's Five LIVE on Instagram live last...

Shockingly Good. Shakshuka!

I have chickens on my little farm and usually I have a fridge full of eggs. As a matter of fact, eggs usually take up more real estate...

Dairy Farmer Kyle Clark's Favorite Cookie Recipe

On Thursday, January 22, I had the privilege of interviewing fifth generation dairy farmer Kyle Clark of Clark's Dairy Farm in Delhi, New...

Sheep Farmers Joe & Jackie Evans of Evans & Evans Farm Share Their Favorite Lamb Recipe

You asked for it, you got it! Thanks to everyone (wow!) who reached out to me for a lamb recipe after I interviewed Joe Evans on Five...

A bee poem, for you.

In the spring of 2017, I hosted a bee event for all of the members of the newly minted Community Supported Bee (CSB) Honey Co-Op right...

Delaware County, Here We Come!

In 2018, I published the first edition of Farm Girl's Guide to Getting Lost & Found in the Catskills. It covered every single town in...

Show Your Country Side

I hear it a lot. "Your blog and your Instagram (@xoxofarmgirl) are such a great escape for me!" Do you feel that way? What's funny is...

WTF?

Talk Farm to Me has a plan. Deep Dive episodes in a series. And two more informal episode series worth tuning in to!

The Empty Nest

One of my three remaining Rhode Island Red hens was missing. The other two rushed from the coop for their custom mix of black oil...

The Company of Strangers

A surprise in a local bakery leads to another surprise.

Fish Funeral

We bought our house -- a simple, single-family home on 65 acres -- in 2008. When I was rooting around in the basement -- as one does...

Heading to the Capitol with Bees

On next Wednesday, January 22, Catskill Mountain Honey (home to the CSB) and I are headed to Albany with the NRDC's crackerjack...

Make Farmers Famous

I think this is the point. Farmers grow our food and tend our land. What could be more important than that? And, it's all too easy to...

Trees, Bees & Art Activism

If a tree falls in the woods, and no one hears it... did it really happen? You've heard this 1000 times, I'm sure. Well, a lot of trees...

Blondes Have More Fun!

As a brunette, I don't write this lightly. And it's only fair that blondes get some good PR since they also get their fair share of...

Where There's Smoke

If you are a beekeeper, the smoker is a friend to you. Over time it becomes known by the bees as a signal that you're coming and that you...

The Map.

As far as tech goes, I love my GPS and how it gets me from here to there. Thank you, GPS. That said, while it gets me there, it doesn't...

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