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Hi, I’m Ashley!

Thank you for stopping by and joining us here at Lunar View Farm! I’m a wife, mom of two, a dairy farmers daughter, historian and an avid baker and cooker. Lunar View Farms is the place to help you make connections to your food, to the way it is grown, stored, and cooked, by providing gardening tips, home-cooked recipes, ideas for simple natural living and a homemade home. I invite you into my kitchen to share my creations!

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Dehydrated elderberry, I usually freeze them but

Dehydrated elderberry, I usually freeze them but this is easier to store since we don’t have a big freezer. Just in time for the start of school! Don’t forget to soak your elderberries in salt water to remove all the fruit fly larvae, not harmful to eat just feels a little fresher to me #happydays #elderberry #elderberrysyrup #harvestingelderberries #grandmamooo

Our newest publication is out now! #bearingwitness

Our newest publication is out now! #bearingwitness #ulstercountyhistory #newyorkhistory

The website is live! https://uctruthandrec.ulsterc

The website is live! https://uctruthandrec.ulstercountyny.gov

I was tempted to follow this bee to find his hive….

A few days away to Boston, whatever I go though I

A few days away to Boston, whatever I go though I can connect with my loved ones through the moon. #lunarviewfarm

Sad sad day, my bees were too small in numbers to

Sad sad day, my bees were too small in numbers to survive the cold winter. Full inspection revealed no wasps, no mice, no disease and plenty of honey leftover. In the first picture you can see the bees surrounding the Queen, amazing to learn from them but so sad to lose them. #honeybees

Crazy I have been off Instagram for over a month a

Crazy I have been off Instagram for over a month and in that short amount of time the app has changed so much. Breaks away are good for me, it is not that I am a big poster on this app, but the amount of things I should do or shouldn’t do or try or buy or read becomes too much. I missed my small online community though, and love to see all you are doing in your worlds, support and show some love how I can. I haven’t made this boiled maple syrup frosting in a long time and it is sooo good! #instagrambreak #happynewyear #maplesyrupfrosting #happytobehere

Went to Virginia for a wedding, the view from our

Went to Virginia for a wedding, the view from our airb&b was perfect, a mix of home and my hometown. #virginiaisforlovers #virginiabarns

It’s fair week here, which has me going down mem

It’s fair week here, which has me going down memory lane. #fairweek #memorylane

Look what is here!!! The second edition of In Defi

Look what is here!!! The second edition of In Defiance, with over 200 more runaway notices, what an exciting day! Our first book talk and signing is Sunday, September 10th at 1pm at Friends of Historic Kingston!

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A toddler holding a tablespoon, and squishing sauerkraut in a jar with the other hand. A large bowl of sauerkraut sits in front.

It took me awhile to figure out the very first post (!!) for the Lunar View Farm blog. I finally decided the first topic would be how to make sauerkraut, which I have been making for years, but the wrong way! Truthfully there are very few wrong ways to make sauerkraut. Before, I was home...

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