Not-Too-Sweet Dark Chocolate Zucchini Cake and Sunflower Butter Frosting

We’ve already had our first frost here in southern Wisconsin, and with the chilly air came a sobering reminder of impending winter. Thankfully the weather warmed again and we’re taking advantage by hurriedly accomplishing as many tasks as we can on our new farm. We’ve planted fruit trees, garlic and perennials, scraped lead paint from the garage, and  repainted the…

Chickpea, Rice and Feta Stuffed Patty Pan Squash

This week’s exciting news: we got a tractor! With 10 acres of tillable fields, we needed a small machine and this 21 HP Kubota should be a good size.   It’s an older tractor but it runs well. We don’t know much about tractor repair just yet, so we made sure to get a brand with…