Ellie May 7 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm

I have been on the hunt for a Guernsey for a while now, a hunt which I was about to abandon as impossible — Guernseys are so hard to find around here, and expensive when you do find them. Of course, t...

Goats, and Milkmaid Introduction 1 Jun 2013 | 10:24 pm

I have just been released from a day of haying, so I think I’ll take a minute to sit in the shade on the porch and introduce myself. My name is Terra, and I am the eldest of the Boss Lady’s two daught...

First Cheeses of the Year! 11 Apr 2013 | 02:43 am

Well, it has finally happened: we ran out of jars for milk and I’ve been forced into the kitchen to make cheese. It’s funny that I have to be forced to get started, since there is absolutely nothing I...

Finally Spring? 7 Apr 2013 | 06:53 pm

I think we’ve turned a corner, with sunny skies and warm weather. The cows and sheep are thrilled, milk production is really picking up, and it is time for me to get in the kitchen and make cheese! Th...

April! 1 Apr 2013 | 07:37 pm

We are so happy to see the tail-end of March this year! What a cold, dark, wet, dreary, FUNKY month it was! Everything is easier when the sun is out—the cows are happier, and show it with their milk p...

Getting Started 30 Mar 2013 | 07:31 pm

I love making cheese. There’s really nothing I would rather spend my days doing. Getting legal to make cheese is a whole different thing, though! Lately, market research, building design, septic syste...

Welcome! 29 Mar 2013 | 08:51 pm

Welcome to Laurel Farm Creamery. You may have followed us in our previous incarnation as Moonmeadow Farm, where we chronicled life on our Southern Appalachian farm, raising animals, children and garde...

Nat and Bell 7 Jul 2012 | 05:44 am

This is Nat, my favorite puppy. He’s very obedient and attentive—most of the time! And this is Bell. She’s very smart, and a little aloof, which is how Joon was as a puppy.

Spring Radish Kimchi 27 Jun 2012 | 08:21 pm

Summertime Maeby 26 Jun 2012 | 12:36 am

Isn’t she fat?