Maple Valley off-grid Farms is the home to some wonderful milking goats. However, we have not delved into the fiber category with sheep at all! We do not raise lamb for meat. We find it is best to leave some things to the experts.
With that being said, our good family friends are our "go-to" people experts for all things fiber and "sheepy". In fact, someday we are hoping to carry some of their wonderful roving's and more at our Mercantile if they would be so gracious to allow that :).
Please stop in and to say hello and visit our good friends and fiber/sheep experts, The Sellers at Cotton Apron Acres as they are getting their new website up and running! And yes, these are the wonderful people that we named our Seller's Estate after in the farm house. And yes, they are known to do back handsprings with goats!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
All are welcome! DON'T FORGET TO RSVP
Just in case you want a huge jump start on the Nourishing Traditions and Weston A. Price Philosophies and what we plan to learn throughout the year together... Come and see for yourself!
Do you want to change the way you are feeding you and your family and cut the sugar and processed foods out of your diet naturally? Have you heard of the ways of Weston A. Price and Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon but want to know more? Would you like to save money on your grocery budget and eat healthy? Would you like to ward of diabetes and possibly lose weight while enjoying nutrient dense foods*?
You are invited to a mini Nourishing Traditions Conference to be immersed in the knowledge of Weston A. Price, eating grass-fed beef and eggs, hear about the benefits of raw milk, soaking grains and much more!
Nourishing Traditions "mini-conference"
March 18, 2010
Maple Valley off-grid Farm Weston A. Price Chapter
2902 Amble Rd.
Coral, Michigan 49322 (just 35 minutes North of Grand Rapids)
616-566-8481 maplevalleyoffgridfarm@gmail.com
10 am – 2:30 pm
Meeting is free
A Nourishing Traditions dinner will be served FREE of charge around noon
Please RSVP to the farm by March 16, 2010 with the number of guests attending!
Bring a friend and enjoy a day away!
At this time we cannot allow children but we gladly welcome nursing babies.
Please call the farm for all the great details!
We will have our bulk food store open for you to browse with some great NT products, some Nourishing Tradition Super Foods, grass-fed eggs, and of course the Nourishing Traditions Book to offer as well.
The Back of the Nourishing Tradition’s Book states, “Recalling the culinary customs of our ancestors and looking ahead to a future of robust good health for young and old, NT offers modern families a fascinating guide to wise food choices and proper preparation techniques. Nutrition researcher Sally Fallon unites the wisdom of the ancients with the latest independent and accurate scientific research. The revised and updated Second Edition contains over 700 delicious recipes that will please both exacting gourmets and busy parents”…
"After reading NT, I found it to be the original way man was eating for 1,000 of years. Just like society today has wandered from it values of faith, family and more, we have also wandered away from good nutrition. NT is a nutritional Bible that takes us back to our food faith, from where we began, and reprograms our thinking back to the original way our nutrition for ourselves and for our family was intended to be.” ~Angela Kuncaitis~
Whether you are a vegan, a SAD (Standard American Diet) follower or something else, you will be able to glean some helpful information for your life at this meeting.
Here are a few topics we will touch on from the Nourishing Traditions book:
We will be discussing the introduction of NT and how “politically correct nutrition” these days is a sad joke. We will dive in to the discussion of cultured dairy products as well. Whole Grains and Sprouted Grains, Nuts and Seeds - We will discuss the importance of banishing white flour from our cupboards completely and give some advice on the best nutritional idea of soaking our grains. Taste some healthy oatmeal samples, a sample of some NT pancakes. We will show you how to easily sprout seeds and you will see sprouts in the jars with a sample taste. A guide to Natural Sweeteners and discuss brewing your own Kombucha Tea (hoping to have a few scobbies for sale). Sample Kombucha Tea (it is inexpensive to brew at home) and learn of its wonderful properties with its pro-biotic benefits! Sample Stevia, a natural herbal sweetener and Succanat, another wonderful natural sweeteners. We will have raw honey and maple syrup for sale at a great price as well. Fermented Veggies and Fruits. We will have a sample taste of sauerkraut that has been fermented for you to try. We will show you the art of manually making your own sauerkraut with whey and unrefined sea salt all with an old-fashioned cabbage mallet. We will discuss the health benefits of fermented fruits and veggies. We will touch on the Catalog of Veggies from the NT Book. We will discuss these and the recipes and the health benefits. A little about coconut products and their health benefits. “What are Super Foods” NT Style?
This is a meeting you will not want to miss! Come spend some time at Maple Valley Farms!
Matthew and Angela Kuncaitis RSVP HERE maplevalleyoffgridfarm@gmail.com
Please call the farm and we will be happy to answer any of your questions 616-566-8481
*Maple Valley Farms is/are aware and informing you as well that NONE of the statements above or at this meeting have been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These NT gatherings are not in any way intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent diseases of any kind.
Do you want to change the way you are feeding you and your family and cut the sugar and processed foods out of your diet naturally? Have you heard of the ways of Weston A. Price and Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon but want to know more? Would you like to save money on your grocery budget and eat healthy? Would you like to ward of diabetes and possibly lose weight while enjoying nutrient dense foods*?
You are invited to a mini Nourishing Traditions Conference to be immersed in the knowledge of Weston A. Price, eating grass-fed beef and eggs, hear about the benefits of raw milk, soaking grains and much more!
Nourishing Traditions "mini-conference"
March 18, 2010
Maple Valley off-grid Farm Weston A. Price Chapter
2902 Amble Rd.
Coral, Michigan 49322 (just 35 minutes North of Grand Rapids)
616-566-8481 maplevalleyoffgridfarm@gmail.com
10 am – 2:30 pm
Meeting is free
A Nourishing Traditions dinner will be served FREE of charge around noon
Please RSVP to the farm by March 16, 2010 with the number of guests attending!
Bring a friend and enjoy a day away!
At this time we cannot allow children but we gladly welcome nursing babies.
Please call the farm for all the great details!
We will have our bulk food store open for you to browse with some great NT products, some Nourishing Tradition Super Foods, grass-fed eggs, and of course the Nourishing Traditions Book to offer as well.
The Back of the Nourishing Tradition’s Book states, “Recalling the culinary customs of our ancestors and looking ahead to a future of robust good health for young and old, NT offers modern families a fascinating guide to wise food choices and proper preparation techniques. Nutrition researcher Sally Fallon unites the wisdom of the ancients with the latest independent and accurate scientific research. The revised and updated Second Edition contains over 700 delicious recipes that will please both exacting gourmets and busy parents”…
"After reading NT, I found it to be the original way man was eating for 1,000 of years. Just like society today has wandered from it values of faith, family and more, we have also wandered away from good nutrition. NT is a nutritional Bible that takes us back to our food faith, from where we began, and reprograms our thinking back to the original way our nutrition for ourselves and for our family was intended to be.” ~Angela Kuncaitis~
Whether you are a vegan, a SAD (Standard American Diet) follower or something else, you will be able to glean some helpful information for your life at this meeting.
Here are a few topics we will touch on from the Nourishing Traditions book:
We will be discussing the introduction of NT and how “politically correct nutrition” these days is a sad joke. We will dive in to the discussion of cultured dairy products as well. Whole Grains and Sprouted Grains, Nuts and Seeds - We will discuss the importance of banishing white flour from our cupboards completely and give some advice on the best nutritional idea of soaking our grains. Taste some healthy oatmeal samples, a sample of some NT pancakes. We will show you how to easily sprout seeds and you will see sprouts in the jars with a sample taste. A guide to Natural Sweeteners and discuss brewing your own Kombucha Tea (hoping to have a few scobbies for sale). Sample Kombucha Tea (it is inexpensive to brew at home) and learn of its wonderful properties with its pro-biotic benefits! Sample Stevia, a natural herbal sweetener and Succanat, another wonderful natural sweeteners. We will have raw honey and maple syrup for sale at a great price as well. Fermented Veggies and Fruits. We will have a sample taste of sauerkraut that has been fermented for you to try. We will show you the art of manually making your own sauerkraut with whey and unrefined sea salt all with an old-fashioned cabbage mallet. We will discuss the health benefits of fermented fruits and veggies. We will touch on the Catalog of Veggies from the NT Book. We will discuss these and the recipes and the health benefits. A little about coconut products and their health benefits. “What are Super Foods” NT Style?
This is a meeting you will not want to miss! Come spend some time at Maple Valley Farms!
Matthew and Angela Kuncaitis RSVP HERE maplevalleyoffgridfarm@gmail.com
Please call the farm and we will be happy to answer any of your questions 616-566-8481
*Maple Valley Farms is/are aware and informing you as well that NONE of the statements above or at this meeting have been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These NT gatherings are not in any way intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent diseases of any kind.
fresh in the Mercantile. You can pick up here or we can ship!
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
the week in pictures...
if you have ever had a toddler you know they carry around "collections"... The Great Him's collection is a stack of New Testaments and tools.... see them on the left
YES! I am redoing the girl kitty cat's bedroom! Updates coming. These jeans are from most of our houses during paint jobs. I cannot bear to get rid of them as they hold many colours :)Thursday, February 18, 2010
The calm before the...
enjoy some beautiful photos of Maple Valley off-grid Farm
our grass fed beef and milking herd below 2009
summer 2009
2010 will be even better!
summer 20092010 will be even better! I feel as though right this very moment is the last of the last hurrahs for reading long books, going to bed at 9:30 pm with warm and snuggly jammies and an occasional power nap.
I know that this is the time to accomplish the last details on the inside of the home that are calling out. The last of the purging and organization that goes to the way side for quite a few months. You see, winter life on a farm is really for inside type projects and any outside repairs that need to be done. Painting a bedroom or two or three, torching a manure spreader with our new friend liberty, mending fences and more.
Currently all of our milking animals are waiting to freshen, the hens are slow at production and the beef herd is in and out of the barn as they please. Our buggies are under the eaves, the gardens covered in a blanket of snow and the outhouse has a worn path to and fro.
You see, as always, I and the Gentle Giant have big plans. I must include him so you all know of the plans we scheme together about as we drift off to bed at night, as we drink our coffee and tea together in the wee hours of the morning. We are a great team as far as always having a plan, a grand plan! It is a lot of fun to have a mate that is a schemer such as yourself in the plans, hope and dreams department :)... I wouldn't trade this man for anything. He completes me!
The storm after this calming time is SPRING! Oh beautiful spring! I can hardly wait BUT I have lots to finish inside this old farmhouse before the spring outside. When spring hits we are literally outside on this lush 40 acre wonderland from sun up to sun down. School work is finished at the kitchen table and taken outdoors to the Michigan wildflowers of the farm, dirt between our toes, farm animals giving birth right before our very eyes, late night dinners outside on the picnic table with fresh salad greens and some tadpoles to look at in jars. Our garden is planted, the farm gets a sprucing up and I just love a good old fashioned farmer's tan!
Right now, those plans we are scheming about are these... these are our STORM plans:
a new (vintage farmy greenhouse)---you will LOVE THIS
our Maple Valley Mercantile farm-market store front completed to include all of your off-grid supplies such as wood cookstoves and more with bulk foods, seeds, compost, milk shares and Nourishing Tradition Super Foods... (a personal invite here)
launching our Weston A. Price group
An outdoor pergola eating area for farm lunches hosting climbing beans
making more of a potager our of our massive garden in some areas *** NOTE: potagers are nice but with a family of 8 and selling produce for a living, potagers are not a reality here BUT I have some more "girly" pretty gardens around.
a "pretty chicken coop" for some rare heritage breeds in the middle of that garden somehow...
Some new perennial gardens near the farmhouse
a new herb garden on the North side of the farmhouse with some shutters on that side
a cottage friendly garden down at the Maple Valley Cottage for all of our guests to enjoy
and more things not mentioned
I have a storm going on inside the house and just when this beautiful storm is finished, the storm of spring begins outdoors. I am not so sure of this calm... I always did like an old-fashioned storm... How about you?
I know that this is the time to accomplish the last details on the inside of the home that are calling out. The last of the purging and organization that goes to the way side for quite a few months. You see, winter life on a farm is really for inside type projects and any outside repairs that need to be done. Painting a bedroom or two or three, torching a manure spreader with our new friend liberty, mending fences and more.
Currently all of our milking animals are waiting to freshen, the hens are slow at production and the beef herd is in and out of the barn as they please. Our buggies are under the eaves, the gardens covered in a blanket of snow and the outhouse has a worn path to and fro.
You see, as always, I and the Gentle Giant have big plans. I must include him so you all know of the plans we scheme together about as we drift off to bed at night, as we drink our coffee and tea together in the wee hours of the morning. We are a great team as far as always having a plan, a grand plan! It is a lot of fun to have a mate that is a schemer such as yourself in the plans, hope and dreams department :)... I wouldn't trade this man for anything. He completes me!
The storm after this calming time is SPRING! Oh beautiful spring! I can hardly wait BUT I have lots to finish inside this old farmhouse before the spring outside. When spring hits we are literally outside on this lush 40 acre wonderland from sun up to sun down. School work is finished at the kitchen table and taken outdoors to the Michigan wildflowers of the farm, dirt between our toes, farm animals giving birth right before our very eyes, late night dinners outside on the picnic table with fresh salad greens and some tadpoles to look at in jars. Our garden is planted, the farm gets a sprucing up and I just love a good old fashioned farmer's tan!
Right now, those plans we are scheming about are these... these are our STORM plans:
a new (vintage farmy greenhouse)---you will LOVE THIS
our Maple Valley Mercantile farm-market store front completed to include all of your off-grid supplies such as wood cookstoves and more with bulk foods, seeds, compost, milk shares and Nourishing Tradition Super Foods... (a personal invite here)
launching our Weston A. Price group
An outdoor pergola eating area for farm lunches hosting climbing beans
making more of a potager our of our massive garden in some areas *** NOTE: potagers are nice but with a family of 8 and selling produce for a living, potagers are not a reality here BUT I have some more "girly" pretty gardens around.
a "pretty chicken coop" for some rare heritage breeds in the middle of that garden somehow...
Some new perennial gardens near the farmhouse
a new herb garden on the North side of the farmhouse with some shutters on that side
a cottage friendly garden down at the Maple Valley Cottage for all of our guests to enjoy
and more things not mentioned
I have a storm going on inside the house and just when this beautiful storm is finished, the storm of spring begins outdoors. I am not so sure of this calm... I always did like an old-fashioned storm... How about you?
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The cottage is complete! Our first guests stayed this weekend! UPDATE BEDROOM PHOTOS
Ahem! I forgot the best part of the cottage! A picture of the bedroom! A wonderful queen sized Ethan Allen bed and more! Everything in here is cast offs and I put it together. This is my favorite room of the cottage... Oh WAIT! Maybe its the kitchen!
I suggest clicking on each photo to enlarge them :)
I suggest clicking on each photo to enlarge them :)Our new ride with a sweedish flair! you need to come and take a special sleigh ride with Maple Valley Farms, the Gentle Giant and Jim our belgian. Jim has new custom made jingle bells as well!
Ang is so happy a dream came true to finish the cottage! Thank you friends, thank you Gentle Giant for providing the means and THANK you Lord! May all who come to Maple Valley Farms be blessed, set free and encouraged in this peaceful place that God has richly blessed us with...
That white spruce was worth the wait! Thanks to our cousin who provided this to the cottage! A HUGE blessing!
Ang is so happy a dream came true to finish the cottage! Thank you friends, thank you Gentle Giant for providing the means and THANK you Lord! May all who come to Maple Valley Farms be blessed, set free and encouraged in this peaceful place that God has richly blessed us with...
That white spruce was worth the wait! Thanks to our cousin who provided this to the cottage! A HUGE blessing!
cozy even in February
Der heis tay kessel is waiting for you!
Hope to see you and yours very soon! Check out all of our specials here
Der heis tay kessel is waiting for you!
Hope to see you and yours very soon! Check out all of our specials hereThursday, February 11, 2010
seeds, seeds and more seeds!
If you are interested in ordering Johnny's Seeds at a 20% discount, let me know and I will email you our list of what we will be carrying and more information!
~Homemakerang
maplevalleyoffgridfarm@gmail.com
~Homemakerang
maplevalleyoffgridfarm@gmail.com
Monday, February 8, 2010
Our belgians moving a house 8 miles!
Jim and Bill are the two lead horses in the front with the white blazes. I did not take this video but found it on you tube ironically to share with you all. Enjoy!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Let's just say you get real creative with no TV!
from the hit album, "This is my Now"...
"Here is our cow!"
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
a sweet SPRING offer from Maple Valley Farms
Johnny's Seeds! Would you like to place a custom order through Maple Valley Farms? We will give you a 15% discount on seed packs (Bulk Seeds are 5% off) and FREE shipping in the continental USA! We need to have your order by March 1, 2010 for you to enjoy the savings! Please call the farm for all the great details, 616 566 8481. You can read more about our partnership with Johnny's here and see a photo of our Johnny's veggies here! We have catalogs for you at the farm for the locals who would like to pick one up. I will be in the GR/Hudsonville Area Saturday if you are interested, I can bring you a catalog!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Do not give up on HOPE! Do not give up on your God-given dreams!
Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it's more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody's scared
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That's what faith can do)
When the world says you can't
It'll tell you that you can!
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise!
THANK YOU JESUS!
Listen here ~Ang
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it's more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody's scared
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That's what faith can do)
When the world says you can't
It'll tell you that you can!
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise!
THANK YOU JESUS!
Listen here ~Ang
Nourishing Tradition Pancakes this mornin'
Recipe update: Pancakes, Makes 16-20. I quadrupled the recipe as we like big pancakes. I have enough left over for 1 small breakfast.
This is a Nourishing Traditions recipe found on page 478 of your book
2 cups of whole wheat flour
2 cups homemade yogurt from raw milk (PLEASE still try this if you have to buy yogurt, don't throw out the recipe if you do not have a raw milk source. Use Stoneyfield Farms Plain NOT low-fat, ORGANIC)
2 eggs slightly beaten (try to use grass fed eggs-we will be carrying these in our store)
1/4 teaspoon unrefined Celtic sea salt (we will be carrying this in our store)
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tablespoons unsalted melted butter (DO NOT use vegetable margarine)
Soak your flour in the yogurt in a warm place for 12-24 hours.
Cook on a hot, oiled griddle (use olive oil for your oil) or a cast iron skillet. These pancakes cook more slowly than either unsoaked whole grain flour or white flour pancakes. The texture will be chewy and the taste pleasantly sour. Serve with melted unsalted butter and maple syrup (that is what is shown in the picture, the PURE MICHIGAN bottle.
IF YOU STAY AT THE COTTAGE, I WILL BE SERVING THESE AT ALL BREAKFASTS from the Bedstead and Brunch Packages and UP.
Whole Wheat Pancakes with REAL unsalted butter and Maple Syrup!
This is a Nourishing Traditions recipe found on page 478 of your book
2 cups of whole wheat flour
2 cups homemade yogurt from raw milk (PLEASE still try this if you have to buy yogurt, don't throw out the recipe if you do not have a raw milk source. Use Stoneyfield Farms Plain NOT low-fat, ORGANIC)
2 eggs slightly beaten (try to use grass fed eggs-we will be carrying these in our store)
1/4 teaspoon unrefined Celtic sea salt (we will be carrying this in our store)
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tablespoons unsalted melted butter (DO NOT use vegetable margarine)
Soak your flour in the yogurt in a warm place for 12-24 hours.
Cook on a hot, oiled griddle (use olive oil for your oil) or a cast iron skillet. These pancakes cook more slowly than either unsoaked whole grain flour or white flour pancakes. The texture will be chewy and the taste pleasantly sour. Serve with melted unsalted butter and maple syrup (that is what is shown in the picture, the PURE MICHIGAN bottle.
IF YOU STAY AT THE COTTAGE, I WILL BE SERVING THESE AT ALL BREAKFASTS from the Bedstead and Brunch Packages and UP.
Whole Wheat Pancakes with REAL unsalted butter and Maple Syrup!Recipe coming...
They were out of this world and you would never know they were soaked in homemade raw yogurt!
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