Kwilos Farms

Our old trusty grinder-mixer needed some repairs this past week. We had to wait for some aftermarket parts for a little bit since they aren't around anymore Sooo, the cows got to try some cornmeal from a farmer who is a friend of ours nearby for the week. His grind is a bit more fine than ours but there were no complaints Love when local farms can work together

Cold frame is coming along! Perennials are spaced and looking fine and the short-season veggies are emerging! Second cold frame for next year??

Fully Wooly in action! He is easily scared away so I have a hard time getting video of him pecking the sap tank. And of course he is right under his sign from the maple weekend tour

Here’s the lineup for this week! We are Open: Tuesday 2-7 pm Thursday 2-7 pm ... Saturday 7-11 am 1177 Church Road, Angola, NY * psst! The asparagus is about 4 tall so we will be picking soon and will have some available in the garage Farm Shop once it’s ready!!

Just made the first batch of Valentine’s maple candy! Valentine’s Day Dinner Packages coming soon!

We’re fully stocked!! A double batch of freshly roasted Empire Java Maple Coffee & loads of goodies from Salvatore's Specialty Foods! Come check them out at our Pop-Up Farmstand, Open next Thursday, Jan 21st from 5-7pm at 1177 Church Road, Angola 14006 or www.kwilosfarms.com shortly

The wood crates are filling up! Maple season will be here before we know it 1 crate holds about 1 face cord of wood and we burn around 1 1/2 crates of wood per boil We are watching the weather faithfully and hoping to start tapping trees soon

Beautiful Winter day to bundle up and go cut some greens with my assistant

The first CSA pickup of 2021 is tonight!! Don’t have a share but still looking for meats, maple products or local goodies?.. Just stop over tonight from 5-7pm. 1177 Church Road, Angola, 14006

59 wreaths sold yesterday! It was a record breaking Wreath Open House!! Thank you so very much!

Granulated Maple Sugar batches 1, 2 & 3 for the day! To make 3 consecutive batches takes a little over 1 hour from start to finish The finished product can be a substitute for white or brown sugar in cooking and baking and has a nice light maple flavor

Happy Thanksgiving! Double Chocolate Maple Brownies Ingredients:... 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter 2 cups maple sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 4 eggs 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 bag chocolate chips/ chunks 12 maple candies Maple Cream or Maple Flavored Whipped Cream To Make: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 baking pan. Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add cocoa, beat until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt, beat well. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan. Top with maple candies evenly spaced. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely and cut into 12 XL bars. Top with maple cream or whipped cream right before serving. Enjoy!

Just a few more Holiday pieces to be made then we will be decorating for our big day on Saturday! Here’s a sneak peek Pre-orders and holds welcome by calling or texting Emily 716-352-8111! *Set a reminder in your phone so you don’t forget about our Wreath Open House this Saturday from 10-4 at 1177 Church Road, Angola!

Must document this milestone for the tractor

The boys have been busy this weekend... new driveway to the barn and this spot will be for a larger cold frame for potted perennial production

The sales freezer at Kwilos Farm Stand has been defrosted and restocked with mouth watering cuts of beef, pork and chicken! It’s time to stock up for winter!

Beautiful day to pull the Glads! They will be trimmed, cleaned and dried and then stored over winter in burlap bags to keep some air flow on them.

Love is sweet Congratulations Mike & Erika!

The Overseer watching the sweet corn field

Weather cycles are important for farms. As much as we love hot, dry days for baling hay, rain is welcomed for Fall tillage and catching up on paperwork. We haven't had rain since September 12th, 16 days. We are done with dry hay for the year and will be working on making some baleage in the next week or so. This field was planted into rye this morning for a straw crop next year. Joey and I are both looking forward to the forecasted rain this week to bottle syrup and water in the rye seeding

Calling all Very Dark Maple Syrup lovers!!! Joey just started bottling from a barrel of Very Dark syrup and it has a wonderfully strong flavor, great for marinating meats and baking! Quarts, Pints, Half Pints and Gallons will be available at Kwilos Farm Stand in the next few days.

Dad, pancakes for dinner??

A few shots of helping Dad out in the fields Everything you need for Fall decorating and baking over at my parents Farm Stand Kwilos Farm Stand

Mayberry calf sitting the littles

Hazy Keeping farmers in the West on our minds right now