Century Farmhouse Notes

December 29, 2019 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - Life in a vintage log cabin is never dull - especially at Christmas time. Life in this tiny log Farmhouse is never dull, and at Christmastime...

Washington Co., WI - Rosemary is the perfect foil for the sweet buttercream. Mmmmm. Wouldn't you love these on your Holiday cookie plate? Christmas is coming, and at Century Farmhouse that used to mean baking...

May 9, 2017 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - Normally in May at the Farmhouse, I am getting soaps ready, planting early vegetables and herbs, and scoping out which flowers from my mother’s gardens...

Washington Co., WI - Rosemary is the perfect foil for the sweet buttercream. Mmmmm. Wouldn't you love these on your Holiday cookie plate? Christmas is coming, and at Century Farmhouse that used to mean baking...

September 17, 2020 - Washington Co., WI - The tines are bent and uneven and the wood handles show more than a century of wear. They live in the far recesses of the silverware...

  April 26, 2017 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - Five year old Lillian carefully cradled the tiny fuzzball as Grandma placed one of the farm’s newest residents into her youngest grandchild’s hands.   Flocks of...

March 12, 2017 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - Looking toward the future also means seeing where we’ve been: the gift of friendship. In which I meet an old friend and look backward just a...

  May 24, 2017 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - My sister Carol sent what we think is one of our oldest family recipes to the Milwaukee Journal. Let us introduce you to my great-grandmother,...

Washington Co., WI - Rosemary is the perfect foil for the sweet buttercream. Mmmmm. Wouldn't you love these on your Holiday cookie plate? Christmas is coming, and at Century Farmhouse that used to mean baking...

https://youtu.be/OmqOQN-lC9Q June 26, 2017 - West Bend, WI - Stop in Saturday during the West Bend Farmers' Market and see what Ann Marie Craig from Century Farmhouse has been up to.  She's bound to have...

https://youtu.be/OmqOQN-lC9Q June 30, 2017 - West Bend, WI - Stop in Saturday during the West Bend Farmers' Market and see what Ann Marie Craig from Century Farmhouse has been up to.  She's bound to have...

  May 12, 2018 - Big Cedar Lake, WI -  It was another age; another time. Grandma Rosa lived in the house I now call home and created beautiful but useful things of fabrics that...

    April 28, 2017 - West Bend, WI - When there is chocolate on the trolley, you know it will be a good ride.   Add a little bling and it will be a very good thing....

https://youtu.be/OmqOQN-lC9Q June 28, 2017 - West Bend, WI - Stop in Saturday during the West Bend Farmers' Market and see what Ann Marie Craig from Century Farmhouse has been up to.  She's bound to have...

Big Cedar Lake, WI - You'll think I've moved to the U.K. when you see this list because somehow, I've been charmed by the landscape and the people.  See what you think. Book:  The Last...

March 20, 2017 - West Bend, WI - Century Farmhouse Notes: How to care for that stash of Century Farmhouse soaps In which you will get strict instructions about making your stash of Century Farmhouse...

March 24, 2020 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - Here at Century Farmhouse, as all around the globe, we are stepping back from our daily lives into new normal routines that are hopefully both...

June 2, 2017 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - The school bus that passed us was strapped to the flat bed of the tow truck that passed us as we hurtled along the 11 p.m....

March 2, 2020 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - For years we have been told the best way to avoid getting colds and flu is to thoroughly wash our hands. Now it seems almost...

March 15, 2020 - Big Cedar Lake, WI - A few weeks ago we tapped the maple trees in the Century Farmhouse Maple Woods. There is something about being out in the woods -...