Baking soda, lemon oil, olive oil are all things you might find in your kitchen cupboard that can be turned into homemade cleaners for Spring Cleaning in your home! Find recipes for Kitchen Cleaner, Furniture Polish and Glass Cleaner here.
Goats have many uses on the farm from milk to fiber. Did you know they can also be used for land management by clearing unwanted vegetation? Read more about goats and follow these easy instructions to make this fun paper plate goat craft.
Goats have many uses on the farm from milk to fiber. Did you know they can also be used for land management by clearing unwanted vegetation? Read more about goats and follow these easy instructions to make this fun paper plate goat craft.
Soap! Can’t get much cleaned without a little, or maybe a lot, of elbow grease and soap. Take a look at these 19th and 20th century soap brands from our Billings Farm & Museum collection.
Whats left in your pantry after the long winter? Download this delicious Fannie Farmer fried pickle recipe and watch Emery as she prepares this yummy treat. Hope this inspires some spring cleaning in your kitchen!
Foodie Friday – Make healthful drinks with Anna : As part of our Spring Cleaning Week, Anna demonstrates three easy recipes for cleansing, healthful drinks. There’s a blueberry antioxidant smoothie, a green smoothie with spinach, and Golden milk, using Norwich Farm Creamery yogurt and milk – made with 100% Billings Farm Jersey cow milk! Download the recipe here.
Time Travel Tuesday – Fried Pickles : What’s left in your pantry after the long winter? On this Spring Cleaning edition of Time Travel Tuesday, Emery demonstrates a Fannie Farmer recipe for fried pickles. Download the recipe here.
Washing Laundry By Hand : What was laundry like in the 1890s? Lynne, a Billings Farm interpreter shows us how the washing would have been done using a washboard and wringer.
Thursday Threads – Washing Wool : It’s Spring Cleaning Week at Billings Farm at Home. Today Tiana shows us what wool looks like before and after cleaning, and the steps in between.
Spring Cleaning Week – Brushing the cows : It’s Spring Cleaning Week at Billings Farm at Home. Our herd of Jersey cows gets cleaned up too! Watch Gabi brush one of our new heifers. Our cows are brushed every day to keep them nice and clean. Brushing helps keep bacteria from making them sick, and as you can see, the cows really like it!
