Farm Fresh Recipes - Bystander Farm

Turning Farm Scraps Into Gold

Carrot‑Top Pesto: Turning Farm Scraps Into Gold Every season has its little surprises, and this week it was carrots, a whole armful of them, pulled from the beds just before Florida’s heat turns them woody and weird. They came up all shapes and sizes, the kind of honest, crooked carrots that only a home garden […]

Bystander Farm’s Fresh Goat Milk Cottage Cheese

Two Ways: Cultured & No‑Culture, Both Beautiful Cottage cheese is one of those cheeses that meets you exactly where you are, whether you’re a seasoned cheesemaker with cultures lined up in the freezer, or someone who just wants to turn a gallon of milk into something soft, fresh, and nourishing. My challenge is always […]

From Goat Milk to Goose Eggs

The Farmhouse Cheesecake I Didn’t Know I Needed Every season on the farm has its own rhythm. Right now, ours sounds like the steady hum of the milking stand, the soft clink of jars in the fridge, and the unmistakable honk of Pilgrim geese announcing that egg season has officially begun. And when the goats […]