There’s a common question that arises on farm tours about five rows on to the 10 acres when I have to bend over yet again to try and decipher the bleached-off name of another form of squash. “So…how much farming experience did you have before this?” While the squash has started to help the identification … Continue reading (in)experience

sleepy farmer days are getting earlier and earlier. planting at 7:00 am, which means waking-up sometime between 6:30 and 6:45 if breakfast is a priority. other days there’s weeding/harvesting at 7:30 am, which might mean that i wake-up at 5:45 or 6:00 am to get in a bit of cardio before bending and squatting the … Continue reading lessons learned

An Ode to the Seeder Machine of steel and plastic. Moving wheels and spinning plates. Seeds are stealthly sown, tracks are covered. Adjust, calibrate, feed, sow, cover, grow. Farmers drive and record. After machine has spoken, Nature’s miracle is awoken. Malva Haiku Taproot of iron strength Leaves are like geraniums Pulled! HA!-I shake fist.

Yesterday I made a salad with the many lettuces and other greens from our land. I thought of doing so while I was weeding and harvesting the radishes. I thought to myself, “mmmm….that lemon and olive oil dressing would taste so good with this,” so I picked some, and then washed the leaves, sprinkled on … Continue reading Growing with the greens

There are a lot of things to love about the Farmhouse kitchen/dining room: many windows, the continually-replenished (thanks, Erynn!) vase of Double Delight roses from the backyard on the table, the proliferation of fruits and veggies on the counter from friends and our own soil… And then there are the things made in this kitchen … Continue reading from scratch