Getting Our Milk Certification

We’re getting ready to sell our milk in our local co-op and also our little downtown store. But first, we had to go through all the state inspections the last few weeks. We passed with flying colors. In fact, when the state inspector walked into our milking “parlor,” he said, “This is the nicest raw milk facility I’ve seen.” (I’m convinced it was the …

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Erin the Riveter?

Our bed & breakfast summer intern, Erin (looking a bit like Rosie the Riveter), with her white headband …

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I-ris-you …

I can’t wait for my 4,000+ Sweet Lena Iris to bloom. The little buds are thinking about opening their faces to the sun …

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photo-of-the-day

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Bringing Back Palouse Prairie

The ridge above my farm offers breathtaking panoramic views of the Palouse. Our neighbors at Thorn Creek Native Seed Farm steward over 100 acres of this historic Palouse Prairie on Paradise Ridge and it has been their mission to restore native plants to the area.

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carpe nutrimens

What is carpe nutrimens, you ask? Seize the food. Oh yes. Yummy, organic, good for you, will make you want to take a nap after breakfast, nutrimens. Mornings at our B&B are a cornucopia of delicious smells, tasty eats, and fantasmical surroundings (fantastic + magical). Eating breakfast outside around a campfire is our preferred way to start the day. So grab yer’ hot coffee and let’s go on a little tour …

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It’s warming up in paradise.

The grass is turning green, the farmers are tilling the land, and we are saying goodbye to this same scene that was frost-bitten not so very long ago.

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Breakfast Is Served!

Here’s what our B&B guests ate yesterday morning.

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