Posts
Blackberries
- “Apache” Blackberry Status
- 500 More Blackberries!
- Assessing Winter Damage
- August 4 Harvest Update
- August 6 Garden Update
- Berry Update
- Blackberries in Full Blossom
- Blackberries!!
- Blackberry Harvest 2015 – Final Results
- Blackberry Post-Harvest Maintenance
- Blackberry Season
- Blackberry Wine Progress
- Fall Finishes
- Fall Garden Maintenance
- First Blackberry Blossom
- Getting Corn Planted and Berries Weeded
- Hot, HOT Weekend – Time to Make “Shrub”
- July 15 Garden Update
- July 24 Garden Update
- Making “Fruit-leather”… and Jerkey
- More Blackberry Trellis Installation
- New Blueberry Patch Planted…Finally
- Ode to the Blackberry Patch
- Our Favorite Evening Activity
- Pruning Berries
- Some Jam Experiments
- Spreading Lime – Manually
- Still Pruning!
- Transplanting Blackberries in October
- Trellis and Irrigation in the Blackberries
- Trellis Building Done for 2012!!!
- Trimming Blackberries
- Trimming Blackberries
- Working with Berries and Grapes
Chickens
DIY
- A Greenhouse!
- A New Spot and New Use for the Food Dehydrator
- And back to DYI…
- And Some More Hats…
- Andrew and Amanda’s Wedding
- As One Shed Goes Up – Another Tumbles Down
- Baby Doll Diapers
- Barn Transformation Complete!
- Barnwedding Countdown – Less than 2 weeks
- Bathroom Progress
- Bathroom Remodel – Week 10
- Bathroom Remodel – Week 8
- Bathroom Remodel – Week 9
- Bathroom Remodeling – Week 2
- Bathroom Remodeling – Week 3
- Bathroom Remodeling – Week 4
- Bathroom Remodeling – Week 5
- Bathroom Remodeling – Week 6
- Bathroom Remodeling – Week 7
- Bathtub “Upcycling”
- Building a Dog Fence (with the help of the Skidril)
- Building a Future Crush Pad!
- Building a Produce Stand – Part 1
- Cleaning Fence-row for Future Implement Shed
- Decorating with Evergreens
- Drywall in the Barn
- Easy Firestarters for the Woodstove
- Fancy Fingerless Gloves
- Finishing the Bar Top
- Fixing the Old “Tree House” First Project of New Year
- Garlands
- Grading: Jeff’s Hidden Talent
- Grapevine Wreaths
- Greenhouse Installation
- Hallway and Bedroom Makeover
- Handmade Handbags
- Herb Garden Make-Over
- Holiday Decorations at the Winery
- Home Improvement Project: Bathroom – Week 1
- Improvised Kitchen Island
- Installing Drain Tiles
- Kitchen Remodel – Weekend No 2
- Kitchen Remodel Nearly Done
- Making a Viking Hat – ala “How to Train Your Dragon”
- Making Apple Cider
- More Excavating and Barn Clean-up
- More Outdoor DYI
- More Uses for Grapevines
- New (used) Fireplace Insert and Tiling Project
- Our New DYI Project: Standing Seam Metal Roof
- Polymer Clay Doll Food
- Produce Stand – Part 2
- Racoon Hats for Christmas Presents
- Refininshing Furniture – Just in Time!
- Sewing for Christmas – Part 1
- Sewing for Christmas – Part 2
- Sewing Fur Made Easier
- Sewing Purses for Little Girls
- Shed Roof Progress
- Shower Installed!
- Silly Hats for Little Boys
- Skidril
- Stone Masonry Work in the Barn
- Sugaring Weekends
- Upper Barn Remodel Week 1 – Concrete
- What Color to Choose
- What’s in the rest of the barn?
- Wooden Trellis Innovation
- Working on the Driveway
Family
- 2019 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
- A Week at the Beach
- Another Boston Weekend
- Another Grandbaby
- Birthday Party in the Barn
- Blueberries on the 4th of July
- Blueberry Time
- Bluegills and “Krabby Patties”
- Boston Adventure Weekend
- Celebrating a 55 Year Wedding Anniversary
- Chambourcin Harvest – Take Two
- Easter Egg Hunt in the Vineyard
- Elena’s First Birthday
- Family Time
- Fiona’s First Birthday
- Fun in the Pond
- Happy Easter!
- Jeff & Toben Go Fishing
- Leif’s 2nd Birthday Celebration at the Farm
- Meatloaf Football
- New Year – New Grandbaby
- Passport in a Day?
- Polymer Clay Doll Food
- Ruger – the Dog – Update
- Tasting Room Open House
- Tea Party!
- What a Weekend
Farm
- 1st Steps of a New Driveway
- 2019 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
- A Visit to Ag Progress Days
- Another Fence Row Cleaned Out
- As One Shed Goes Up – Another Tumbles Down
- Autumn View
- Blueberry Time
- Building a Dog Fence (with the help of the Skidril)
- Chickens Hatched!
- Chickens Moved into their Coop!
- Cleaning Fence-row for Future Implement Shed
- Facebook Page is Up!
- Firewood Clean-up
- Goodbye 2013
- It’s Official: “The Long Shot Farm” Fictitious Name Filed
- It’s Snowing!
- More Useable Space Outside
- Ode to the Blackberry Patch
- Plowing Another Patch
- Produce Stand Opens at the Farm
- Project “Clean Fence-row” – Week Two
- Purple Storm Clouds
- Ruger – the Dog – Update
- Spring Blossoms
- Sugaring Weekends
- The Long Shot Farm: the Next Generation
- The Value Added Producer Grant!
- Time Changed – and more Apples…
- Tree Stump Removal
- Trellis Repair
- Trimmin’ Traminette
- We Got a DOG!
Flower Garden
Fruit
- “Jam” Garden Ready for the Season
- “Orchard” Doubled in Size
- 500 More Blackberries!
- Adding More Fruit
- Apple Cider Time Again
- Berries Starting to Blossom
- Berry Patches Revived
- Berry Update
- Blueberries and Muffins
- Blueberry Patch Maintenance
- Blueberry Time
- CANNING!!!
- Chambourcin Grape Patch
- Clean Blueberry Patch
- Corn Harvest Part 1, Berry and Grape “Maintenance”
- Deer Repellent for Fruit Trees and Grapes
- Deer Repellent in Action!
- Don’t like Deer Anymore
- Dried Apples
- Fall Garden Maintenance
- Fence Posts and Grape Vine Holes
- Getting Corn Planted and Berries Weeded
- Jam and Smoothie Garden
- Jam Label Design
- Legalities of Growing Currants and Gooseberries
- Making “Fruit-leather”… and Jerkey
- Making Apple Cider
- Mixed Berry Jam
- More Blueberries
- More Elderberries
- More Jam Recipes from our Garden
- More Strawberries Planted
- Mulched Blueberries
- Mulching More Elderberries
- Mulching!!
- Ode to the Blackberry Patch
- Pears!
- Pine Tree Removal Makes Room for More Berries
- Pressing Apples
- Rainy May Day Makes Garden Thrive
- Raspberries
- Snowtober Weekend: Saturday
- Some Jam Experiments
- Strawberries and Cupcakes
- Strawberry Wine
- Time Changed – and more Apples…
- Trellis and Irrigation in the Blackberries
- Trellis for the Grapes
- Wine Supplies and Pears
- Wineberries?
General
- “January Thaw” Weekend
- 2019 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
- 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show Wine Competition
- 2021 PA Farm Show Wine Results
- A Little Orchard
- A New Home for the Treehouse
- A Patch of Blueberries
- Ag Progress Days 2012
- Another Glorious Rainbow
- Another Milestone: Starting 7th Grade
- Another Sure Sign of Spring
- Another Tree Bites the Dust
- Baby Doll Diapers
- Babyshower Weekend…and more pruning
- Bargains at Annual Plant Sale
- Beautiful Cumberland Valley
- Blackberry Plants have finally arrived
- Blueberry Time
- Building a stone wall – really?
- Bulldog Youth Wrestling Weekend
- Canning Season Started at the Longshot Farm
- Catching Up After Vacation
- Chocolate Swiss Roll
- Christmas at the Long Shot Farm
- Cleaning Around and in the Pond
- Considering Plans for a Fruit/Produce Stand
- Craft Vendors at the Winery
- Crazy Sunsets
- Deck Board Installation
- Deck Railing Finished
- Early Spring Weather
- Elderberries!
- Fall Clean up Continues
- Fall Clean-up Started
- Fall Day at the Long Shot Farm
- Farm Show 2012
- Farmshow Week!
- Fence Repairs
- Fiberarts this Weekend (and more pointing in the barn)
- First Day of Spring!
- First Snow
- First Weekend Open
- Fishing for Bluegills in March
- Fun in the Pond
- Future Christmas Trees?
- Garden Update – May 22
- Garden Update – May 27
- Getting Ready to Renovate the Little Shed
- Grape and Berry “Maintenance”
- Grape Vine Decorations (continued)
- Great Auction Finds!
- Happy 4th of July! Happy Berrypicking Day and . . . Happy Higgs Boson Discovery Day
- Happy First Day of Fall!
- Happy New Year!
- Henry and Henrietta
- Holiday Decorating Continues
- Holiday Decorations at the Winery
- Irrigating Traminettes
- Irrigations Lines Drip on the Newly Planted Brambles
- It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
- It’s called The Long Shot Farm because….
- Kitty!
- Labor Day Canning Weekend Additional Count
- Landscaping for Barnwedding Started
- Lars: “I Got Promoted”
- More Cleaning up and Planting
- More Corn, tomatoes and soup
- Mulching Flower Beds the Day Before the Pig Roast
- Naming the Winery
- Oaked Blackberry
- Ode to the Blackberry Patch
- Oliver on Walkabout
- One Week of Dinner Menus at the Long Shot Farm
- Our Mulchpile
- Parsnip Harvest Officially Ends Season at the Long Shot Farm
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Pig Roast Tradition Continues at the Long Shot Farm
- Plowed and Disked for Next Year’s Berry Plants
- Polymer Clay Doll Food
- Portable Sawmill
- Preparing for “Frankenstorm”
- Pumpkin Wine Slushy
- Record Breaking Canning Weekend
- Routine Garden Chores Started
- Sauerkraut Saturday – we made close to 170 lbs
- Snowtober Weekend: Sunday
- Storm Approaching
- Sunset over Blackberries
- Tasting Room Open House
- Teamwork gets the brambles planted
- Tearing Out the back Porch (3 Days Before our Pig Roast)
- Thanksgiving 2011
- The Day After “Irene”
- Timber!
- Toben Visits “Nani’s” Garden
- Tomatoes Ripening!
- Transplanted all Seedlings – Finally!
- Transplanted Tomato Seedlings
- Trellis Repair
- Trimmin’ Traminette
- Turkeys in the Blackberries!
- Vegetable Garden Update
- Very Hot July 4th Weekend = More Irrigation
- Visiting DC
- Website Improvements
- Wedding Flowers
- What’s in the rest of the barn?
- Wine and Chocolate Pairing: First Attempt
- Wine Bottle Scarf and Hat
- Wine Label Design Finishing Touches
- Winery Sign
- Winter Transplanting Worked After All
- You Can Catch my Tractor on Fire….
Grape
- “Bud Break” status
- “Harvest Eve”
- 1st Corot-Noir Harvest
- Adding More Fruit
- Assessing Winter Damage
- August 6 Garden Update
- Avoiding Frost Damage
- Berry Patches Revived
- Building More Trellis
- Chambourcin Grape Patch
- Chambourcin Grapes in June
- Chambourcin Harvest 2013
- Chardonel Grapes are Ripening
- Chardonel Vines Ordered
- Concord Harvest
- Corn Harvest Part 1, Berry and Grape “Maintenance”
- Deer Repellent for Fruit Trees and Grapes
- Eastern Winery Expo
- Fence Posts and Grape Vine Holes
- Finished planting 500 Vidal Blanc vines
- First (small) Grape Harvest
- Garden Update August 18
- Getting Ready for Grape Planting
- Grape Harvest 2015
- Grape Harvest Sequence
- Grape Update
- Grape Vine Cuttings
- Grapevine Wreaths
- Grapevines and Birdnests
- Harvest 2019
- Harvest with Upgraded Grape Equipment
- Hello 2014!
- Installing Drip Irrigation
- June Grape Update
- Late July Grapes
- Late March Snow Day
- Making Space for Niagara Grapes
- Mid August Grapes
- More Preparation for Grape Harvest
- More Uses for Grapevines
- Netting for Grapes
- Our First Winery Trade Show!
- Pea Planting
- Picture of Week!
- Planning a Bonfire – à la “Burning of the Vines”
- Planting Corn and Trimming Grapes
- Planting More Grapes
- Planting more Grapevines
- Planting Traminette
- Preparing for Grape Harvest
- Pruning and Seeds
- Pruning Berries
- Pruning Season
- Ripening Grape Clusters
- Signs that Spring is Near
- Skidril
- Snowtober Weekend: Saturday
- Spreading Lime – Manually
- Starting Vines from Cuttings – An Experiment
- State of the Vineyard – August 17
- Still Pruning!
- Stringing Wire and Tying up Grapes
- The Makings of Rosé
- Trellis Building Done for 2012!!!
- Trellis for the Grapes
- Trellis Posts Are UP
- Tying up Grapes
- Vineyard Expansion
- Vineyard Expansion 2014
- Weekend Brings Showers
- Winter Vines
- Wooden Trellis Innovation
- Working with Berries and Grapes
Greenhouse
Herbs
Holidays
In The News
Knitting
Recipe
- A New Take On Potato Bread: Sweet Potato Maple Loaf
- Anja’s Italian Sausage Vegetable Soup
- Another Way to Serve Frozen Strawberries
- Apple Bread
- Baking with Pumpkin
- Blackberry Vinaigrette
- Blueberries and Muffins
- Blueberry Cobbler
- Bluegills and “Krabby Patties”
- Brewer’s Grain Bread
- Bundt Coffee Cake
- Cheese Bread: Our New Favorite
- Chocolate Swiss Roll
- Comfort Food to Ease Election Jitters
- Cookie Press Lemon Cookies with Icing
- Corn and Berries + Berry Pie Recipe
- Coughdrop Jelly – Herbal Harvest Part 2
- Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake with Ganache Icing
- Demystifying “Shrub”
- Favorite Autumn Vegie Stews
- Finished Beans! Pickle Recipe
- Hot, HOT Weekend – Time to Make “Shrub”
- Jeff’s Chicken Corn Soup for a Crowd
- Jeff’s Perfect Scrapple (Sans Mystery Meat)
- Leek Casserole with Rice
- Making “Fruit-leather”… and Jerkey
- Making Pasta
- Mixed Berry Bread-Pudding
- Mixed Berry Jam
- More Jam Recipes from our Garden
- Mulled Wine for the Holidays
- My Favorite Oatmeal Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Pesto! Herbal Harvest Part 1
- Potato Bread
- Pumpkin Cookies
- Roasted Winter Vegetables
- Some Jam Experiments
- Strawberries and Cupcakes
- Sweet German Breakfast Bread
- Tasty Red Cabbage – A Traditional German Recipe
- Ultimate Pea Soup
- Ute’s German Apple Cake
- Vidal-Alfredo Food Pairing
- Zesty Salsa Batch #1 Recipe
Sewing
Vegetable Garden
- “Mulch” Hay for Vegetables
- 2011 Pea Harvest Final Results: Over 10 Bushel!
- All Tomatoes – 199 – are Planted!!
- August 4 Harvest Update
- August 6 Garden Update
- Brassicas, Potatoes and Onions
- CANNING!!!
- Corn Harvest # 2
- Corn Harvest # 3 – 70 More Quarts Frozen!
- Corn Harvest Part 1, Berry and Grape “Maintenance”
- Efficiently Processing Sweet Corn for Freezing
- Fall Finishes
- First Plants for 2014 Vegetable Garden
- Garden is Started!!
- Garden Progress
- Garden Started with Cold Hardy Plants and Seeds
- Garden Update – September 8
- Garden Update August 18
- Garden Update?
- Getting Corn Planted and Berries Weeded
- Had a Break from the Rain and Planted Some More…
- July 15 Garden Update
- July 2 Quick Garden Update
- July 24 Garden Update
- Last Garden Update for 2012
- Love the Tema Bean Variety
- Lucky Auction
- Melons and Sweetpotatoes
- More Garden Planted – Right Before the Rain!
- Painting Barn Roof, Planting More Garden
- Pea Picking Weekend!
- Pea Planting
- Planting Corn and Trimming Grapes
- Plastic Mulch for the Vegetable Garden
- Plowing and Planting in March
- Prolific Peas
- Pruning and Seeds
- Pumpkins and Potatoes
- Quick Garden Update
- Seed Shopping
- Seedlings Update
- Sweet Corn and Spaghetti Sauce
- The Asparagus Project and More
- Tomato Cages and “Basket-Weaving”
- What a Weekend
Vineyard
Wine
- 1st Corot-Noir Harvest
- 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show Wine Competition
- A Big Step for Project “Winery Start-Up”
- Another Bottling Day
- Apple Wine and Cider
- Blackberry Wine Progress
- Bottling More Wine
- Bottling Wine
- Bottling Wine during Holiday Break
- Chambourcin Harvest – Take Two
- Chambourcin Progress
- Chemistry Lab in our Dining Room
- Eastern Winery Expo
- Elderberry Wine
- Experimenting with Acid Adjustment in Wine
- Experimenting with Blackberry Wine Recipes
- Experimenting with Labels
- First (small) Grape Harvest
- Grape Harvest 2015
- Harvest with Upgraded Grape Equipment
- Labeling Wine Bottles
- Major Equipment Overhaul
- Meet our Basket Press
- More Preparation for Grape Harvest
- More Wine Chemistry
- Mulled Wine for the Holidays
- New Scheme for Empty Bottle Storage
- Organizing the Wine Tools and Chemicals
- Pressing Apples
- Pumpkin Wine Slushy
- Sauterne – a Wine worth Trying
- Small Batch Wine Experiments
- Spices and Herbs
- Stalled Fermentation?
- Strawberry Wine
- Terroir – on a Rudimentary Level
- The Makings of Rosé
- Update on the Rosé Experiment
- Vidal-Alfredo Food Pairing
- Visit to Hunters Valley Winery
- Wedding Wine Selection
- Why We Use Cork in Our Winery
- Wine and Chocolate Pairing: First Attempt
- Wine Bottling
- Wine Chemistry
- Wine Making 2012 Started This Week!
- Wine Storage Bargains Found at Yard Sale
- Wine Supplies and Pears
- Wine Variations
- Wine, Sauce & Yams
- Wineberries?
Winery
- 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show Wine Competition
- 2021 PA Farm Show Wine Results
- Barn Remodel – Week 3
- Bathroom Progress!
- Best of Cumberland County Runner Up
- Craft Vendors at the Winery
- Deck Railing and Ramp
- Finishing the Bar Top
- First Weekend Open
- First Wine Descriptions
- Food Establishment License
- Harvest 2019
- HVAC and Dishwasher
- Naming the Winery
- Our Corks Arrived!
- Overflow Parking Lot
- Parking Lot and Driveway Work
- Parking Lot Progress
- Pumpkin Wine Slushy
- Remodeling the Interior of the Barn – Week 1
- Sign Installed
- Small Batch Wine Experiments
- Sock Donations
- Tasting Room Floor
- Tasting Room Nearly Finished
- Tasting Room Open House
- Tasting Room Progress
- Tasting Room Staircase Access and Floor
- The Value Added Producer Grant!
- Tourism Grant Awarded from CAEDC
- Week 4-6 – Tasting Room Progress
- Week 7 – 8 of Tasting Room Progress
- What’s in the rest of the barn?
- Why We Use Cork in Our Winery
- Winery in the News
- Winery Sign
- Working on the Driveway
