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Cookbooks — Last summer, while I was in the middle of the field of Sunflowers, Annie was busy cleaning out her recipe drawer. She surprised me with a large box of old cookbooks, recipes, and promotional recipe flyers. A large box!! Of recipes from the past!! It was the best gift, a […]

Vintage Recipes

April 7, 2016 in History / News tagged cookbooks / dakeyne / farm / kitchen / recipes / vintage by Jen

Horses — On Sunday, we packed a picnic and took our girls for an afternoon walk through the woods to the river and back. Some of my favorite memories as a child are of walking through the woods with my grandfather.. Raised in a concrete world where the only nature around is […]

Sunday Walk in the Woods

March 22, 2016 in Growing tagged birch / farm / Forest / fungi / Nature / Sunday / sunflowers / Walk / woods by Jen

“Once in a while right in the middle of an ordinary life.. Love gives us a fairytale..” Happy Valentine’s Day!! We had a love surprise in the sunflowers this past summer, when a young gentleman planned a surprise vacation engagement for his now bride to be. Together with Barndoor Studio, […]

A Love Story at Dakeyne Farm

February 28, 2016 in News tagged vacation engagement by Jen

Dakeyne-Farm-house-1912 — The Dakeyne Farm by Annie Wilson The name Dakeyne Farm originated from the Dakeyne Street Lads Club in Nottingham England. This club was formed from The Boys Brigade that was founded by the late Sir William Smith of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the oldest organization for boys, and other clubs […]

Stories from the Farm

February 27, 2016 in History tagged British Home Children / British home kids / Dakeyne Farm / Oliver Hind by Jen

Build Your Own Butterfly Cage Its super simple… except if your standing on a windy hill. You will need: 2 small paper plates 1 square meter of bridal veil 2 strings of equal length A stick A glue gun Lay the fabric flat. Fold one side halfway […]

Butterfly Cage

July 23, 2014 in crafts / Growing tagged butterflies / butterfly cage / cage / release / sunflowers by Jen

strawberries — Spring is here.. which means I need to empty out my freezer to make room for this coming years garden. As I tend to save the best for last, my freezer is full of strawberries. Last year I managed to save 5 bags filled with 8 cups of strawberries from […]

Vanilla Strawberry Banana Jam

March 27, 2014 in Jam / Recipes tagged Banana / dakeyne / farm / jam / recipe / strawberry / Vanilla / yummy by Jen

Yes. Chocolate Bread.. with a Cream Cheese Swirl in the middle. Be careful.. people may argue over the last piece at your next family dinner or potluck. It also goes great toasted with some Strawberry Chocolate Mint Jam heaped on top. I found a recipe I liked in this great […]

Chocolate Bread with a Cream Cheese Swirl

December 30, 2013 in Recipes by Jen

Some of the best advice given to me when I first started growing my own food was “Never Let the Mint Out!” As if it were a monster hiding in the closet.. how bad could it be? Being someone who needs to learn lessons the hard way, I planted two […]

Strawberry and Chocolate Mint Jam

July 21, 2013 in Jam / Recipes tagged chocolate / dakeyne / farm / jelly / mint / recipe / strawberry by Jen

One day when I was a little girl, playing dress-up in grandma’s room, I came across a little glass bottle labeled “Rosewater”. My grandma had lots of interesting things.. jewellery of all shapes and colours, hats for all occasions, and a drawer full of furry things I’d rather not think […]

Rosewater

July 18, 2013 in Recipes by Jen

garlic-scape — Kennie loves his garlic… as much as Laddie loves his bones…. and like Laddie and his bones, Kennie has garlic buried in every corner.. Lucky for him, I love garlic too.. My favorite part is the tender Scape that grows from the Garlic plant. To get a bigger bulb […]

Pickled Garlic Scapes

July 9, 2013 in pickles / Recipes tagged dill / farm / garlic / pickles / recipe / scape by Jen

wet-rose — All the roses seem to be blooming, and the smell that travels with the breeze was so beautiful that I wanted to capture it in a jar… so I did. I made some Rose Petal Jelly. I started by picking a healthy bowl of rose petals.. one of my first […]

Rose Petal Jelly

July 8, 2013 in Beauty / Recipes tagged beauty / farm / jelly / recipe / Rose / Rose Jelly by Jen

In honor of the upcoming Apple Blossom Festival, I thought I would try and make a blossom jelly. I saw an ad for cherry blossom jelly once, and with all the beautiful spring blossoms out thought, well, why not. Its the only way to see how it tastes. I […]

Crabapple Blossom Jelly

May 28, 2013 in Jellies / Recipes tagged blossom / crabapple / farm dakeyne / jelly / recipe by Jen