Little Red Farm Blog

Grandma T's Dough Recipe
This here is one of those tried-and-true, old-fashioned recipes. It comes from Farmer Kyle's Grandma T! It was a time where you used what you had and worked smarter not harder... Read more...
Beefy Queso Dip Recipe
from Farmer Mindy's Kitchen  at The Little Red Farm You’ll love Farmer Mindy’s quick and delicious beefy queso dip because it’s bursting with flavor, easy to make, and perfect for any occasion.... Read more...
Fajita Marinade Recipe
from Farmer Mindy's Kitchen  at The Little Red Farm ❤ Try this quick & delicious marinade for chicken or beef! We use this for regular fajitas or as fajita bowls {Click the... Read more...
Creamy Italian Sausage Soup Recipe
Try this quick & delicious one pot dinner  from Farmer Mindy's Kitchen at The Little Red Farm ❤ Click here for printable recipe! Read more...
Vit C
The Little Red Farm farmers market shop carries NutriBionic Vitamin C. This is the brand of vitamin C that I have used for years and have good success with! We... Read more...
How To Hard Boil Farm Fresh Eggs
From Mindy's Kitchen at the Little Red Farm: Hard Boiled Eggs Fill a pot with hot water and set on the burner set to high.  Once the water is boiling,... Read more...
Farm Chili - Thick & Savory
From Mindy's Kitchen atThe Little Red FarmFarm Chili ~Thick & Savory~   Combine in a large pot and cook to brown burger and sauté veggies. 1lb Ground Beef 1 Sweet Onion... Read more...
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
  Merry Christmas Friend! This time of year always brings memories to the surface. Can you believe this is the 4th Christmas the Farmers Market Shop has been open? Each... Read more...
Old Fashioned Eggnog Recipe
Merry Christmas Friends! This amazing eggnog recipe is from Holli, our very own customer and Barli Girl Farm vendor. You won't be disappointed - Delicious cold or hot, with or... Read more...
Chickens in Hot Weather aka Hot Chicken Wings
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but…  STOP giving your chickens frozen things to eat when it’s hot outside. A chicken's normal internal body temperature is typically 106... Read more...
A Note on Subscription Milk
Guests are always welcome to purchase walk-in milk at any time but subscription milk does come with "strings" attached since you get a discount and we are saving milk for... Read more...
Things to know before you buy Chickens:
Excerpt from: How to have your own Chicken Flock: Become a crazy chicken tender - The Little Red Farm Way By Mindy McGrew Things to know before you buy Chickens: Here are... Read more...
Meet Holli of Barli Girl Farm
We are thrilled to now be offering Barli Girl Farm's Monthly Organic Garden Planner - What To Do and When in Your Organic Garden. Holli is one of the vendors in... Read more...
Pricing Update Feb '22
There seems to be an ingrained mindset that farmers and teachers should be poor. But if you see a financial advisor or doctor that drives a nice car and lives... Read more...
Beef & Pork Sales in The Farmers Market Shop
As some of you know, we have been working towards providing meat through a herdshare option. In May of 2021 the Nebraska legilature passed a law that allows meat to be obtained through a herdshare agreement. We are thankful for this option as it lets us use a closer meat locker that vacuum seals and has great processing results. It means less stress on both the animals and for us with shorter transport times. We began selling herdshares earlier this month. Moving forward we will not be selling meat in our... Read more...
New Year Survival Kit
As we make our way through the holiday's and into 2022 here's a few tools I want to keep on hand and thought you might want the scoop for yourself! Want to "hear" the video without the sound on? Tap that CC button for closed caption and the text captions will pop up! Such a great feature on YouTube.These have been my favorite proactive wellness tools for Dec and I know I will be using them the rest of this winter! Get 24% off by creating your own YL account and... Read more...
Mindy’s Winter Must Haves for Proactive Wellness
As the air turns colder and the calendar nears its end, here are a few tools I always make sure to have on hand! Order yours by clicking here!  Inner Defense-... Read more...
Winter Farm Update 2021
As I type this the current temp is zero degrees... but, I thought I would share with you what winter on the farm means for us beyond shoveling snow, keeping... Read more...
How To: Brine a Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving week Little Red Farm Friends! It is always so fun to see you at our annual Chicken & Turkey pick up during Friends & Family Night!  We started... Read more...
How to Quarter a Whole Chicken
One Year Anniversary!
It's hard to believe, one year ago on April 7th, 2019, I posted this photo above captioned with:  "Here’s to new beginnings...This farm store was not on the radar when... Read more...
February Farm Update: A New Milking System In Progress
Two weeks ago, Kyle made the trip to Minnesota to bring home a new to us milking system that will cut our time doing chores in half! God blessed us with a larger system than we had originally anticipated and believe it's part of his plan. Currently we're milking 5 cows individually and with our new system, we'll be able to milk 4 cows at once. You will see in the pictures below, we've created a new milking room for this system as well as running a trench for water lines... Read more...
January 11 – National Milk Day
National Milk Day,  January 11, commemorates the day believed to be the first time milk deliveries in glass bottles began in the United States in 1878. We love our cows,... Read more...
Happy 2020! The Little Red Farm 2019 Year in Review....
On my 40th birthday last December, I said 2019 was going to be my best year yet...and it was! January and February I did the Essentially Free course with @jen_weir7... Read more...
Little Red Farm Hog Info and Meat Care Instructions
Little Red Farm has pampered Red Wattle pigs and offers processing at a USDA inspected Animal Welfare Approved meat locker.  What does hanging weight mean? How much meat will I... Read more...
Little Red Farm Broiler Chicken Info and Care Instructions
How Little Red Farm's broiler chickens are raised, processed and care instructions for your poultry meat. Read more...