Fresh From the Farm Blog

This past Sunday afternoon, our family put up the Christmas tree. It is an older 9 ft tree that is assembled in 3 parts. The bottom section of this tree has had the lights replaced and they actually work. The other 2 sections have lights that do not work so we just add 2 strings of lights and the tree looks fine. I am often asked why I don’t just buy a new tree and I answer that this one is a beautifully shaped full tree with plenty of strong branches to hold our vast collection of ornaments. And I...

December 7, only 18 days until Christmas and the countdown is on…can you get it all done? In 1941, on December 7 Americans were going about their Christmas preparations just like every year before, when they were suddenly jolted into the reality of World War II with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on that long ago Sunday morning. The song White Christmas first aired a few weeks later on December 25, crooned by Bing Crosby, host of the radio show Kraft Music Hall. It became wildly popular and remains so today. As I feel the pressures to get everything decorated,...

On the first day of Christmas I decorate! Around Fredericksburg Farms we love our holiday decorations and everyone works together to transform our breakroom; lights, tree, and stockings all around the room. Wow, you too can set the stage for the holiday season by adding decorations to your surroundings at work and home. While decorating have a cup of spiced tea or hot apple cider and make a yummy appetizer to snack on. One of my favorites is a smear of goat cheese or cream cheese on a thin ginger snap cookie wit a drizzle of Fredericksburg Farms Apricot Ginger...

How many are coming for dinner? Are you kidding? Don’t you just love it when last minute unannounced guests arrive and you are already in the throes of cooking.? Things like that used to make me crazy but I decided to take a page from my grandmama’s book of life’s lessons. She could entertain 2 people to 20 and would make it seem effortless and every person that entered her house felt welcome. She said that it takes very little effort to make people feel welcome and you can always give guests tasks to do. It will make them feel...

Just like that, we have raced past Halloween and Veterans Day and now we are smack up against Thanksgiving. Here at Fredericksburg Farms we are signing up for what we will bring to our Thanksgiving feast next Monday here at work. Reading over the list makes me hungry and I start thinking about which recipe I have that sounds good. I find that the best recipes are usually found on cookbook pages that are worn and stained, meaning that they have been made many times and have been deemed “keepers.” And then there are those that are kept only in...