Eggs and Other Rarities

Lady Liberty Cap

It's been said that the eggs at Lake View Organic Farm are the absolute best! Yes, so true, but diggity dang if they aren't our biggest rarity! Our new flock is finally starting to lay, but before you go and get all excited, know we're looking at a dozen a day if we're lucky. It's that time of year when chickens start to slow down their laying altogether, so eggs are a major luxury here on Lake View Farm. First come first serve only. We don't take egg reservations. Sorry.

Eggs may be in short supply, but the fall harvest is in and there are lots of other wonderful things in the store. I had great fun working with plums, raspberries and apples this year. There's a variety of jams, butters and sauces that are yummilicious and well deserving of a piece of toast, waffle or bowl of ice cream underneath.

The freezer is full of hearty garden harvest soups for quick and easy meals, William has been turning out some fantastic hot sauces for Taco Tuesdays, and for Sunday Brunch, there's a super flavorful Bloody Mary Mix and Rim Salt for your enjoyment. Of course, the Cookie Coop is full of delicious fun - Molasses, Butterscotch Oatmeal, Spicy Blonde, Carrot Cake Cookies, Peanut Butter, Farmhouse Fruit Bars... always something new and delicious from the Cookie Queen:)

Like the last couple of years, we will watch the weather to determine if the Farm Store can handle the snow and cold. We have actually stayed open YEAR ROUND the last two years with the mild winters. We plan to stay open as long as the deep freeze remains at bay.

This time of year I am always drawn to researching new felting projects and hat styles. Last week, I stumbled across the Phrygian Cap (also called a Liberty Cap) and now I'm all excited about creating my own version. I love the coded message of these caps...kind of like quilts hanging on the line during the Underground Railroad:) Phrygian Caps were worn during both the American and French Revolutions when commoners fought FOR independence/freedom and AGAINST oppression by the monarchy.

This cap, a symbol of freedom from tyranny, seems a warm useful contribution to the best of times worst of times we are in. With Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities in my ear, I'm stitching away (in a Lucie Manette loving hopeful way - NOT Madame Defarge's "kill list" kinda way) as fast as I can imaging a sea of red heads out there directly or quietly protesting "No Kings!"

Stop out any time you need a little farm in your life... or a Liberty Cap of your own. The trees are spectacular, the roads clear (except for the occasional combine or tractor!) and life is peaceful out here in Fransconsin Farmlandia!

Sending lots of love your way,

Sarah