4 days ago2 minCSA week 4We finally got rain! Thank goodness! Things were getting pretty crispy around here… This past weekend Megan and I (Joel) were able to ste...
Jun 223 minGuest Post: Elijah EnglishOrdinarily, I hate weeding. But today something is different. Today it gives me peace. Here I am in Sandstone Minnesota, at Abraham’s Tab...
Jun 221 minShare Week 3 Your share this week contains a few new things and several standards. Below is a list of the contents with a few cooking thoughts from Me...
Jun 223 minFarm News 6/22It’s all about the sun these days. Warm, dry, heat and lots of it. Things are getting pretty dry. Leaves in the pasture are curling up to...
Jun 152 minDelayed ReactionBy tomorrow afternoon this farm will basically be hitting climax. It is only the second week of CSA, but you have to remember that the ma...
Jun 152 minSecond Week of CSAThis week’s share is similar to last week's. Rain has been scarce up here so plants are developing slower than we hoped. And while fruits...
Jun 102 minJust getting going, or over the hump?What a week! The day we deliver the first CSA share is always a big day in our year. I usually have a knot in my stomach for a few days l...
Jun 102 minCSA Week #1This week’s share is mostly leafy greens. That's always the case for the first few shares. If you think about the growth of a plant you'l...
May 293 minThe Farm Team (2020 version)This year our farm team is larger then previous years. This is a critical year for us since we are not only responding to significantly i...
May 253 minWhy we love CSAI might be called a "farmer", but what I am really concerned with is growing high quality food for people I know. This work is important ...
May 143 minMeat Shortages Predicted!Last year we raised more cows and chickens then we anticipated selling during the 2019 season. The reason we did was because we wanted to...
May 141 minKids Video #2Hey Guys, Its been a while, but Daniel and I finally found some time to make a second video about our chicks. We're still working on maki...
Apr 243 minHuman SeedsIf you’ve been following our blog, you know we’ve had some greenhouse mishaps due to toxic off gasses emitting from an inappropriate prop...
Apr 244 minThe Gravity WagonThis week we got a gravity wagon. I wish a gravity wagon was something cool from Calvin and Hobbes that allowed us to jump to the moon--b...
Apr 172 minGreenhouse Gas DisasterLast week it slowly dawned on us that the propane heater we had been using to heat our greenhouse was emitting an odorless colorless gas ...
Apr 172 minThe Ritual of EatingThese days, we’re having a hard time moving through time. The constructs that helped us navigate the passing of time have mostly disappea...
Apr 91 minWe Do It For The KIDS!Sooo..... We made a video. For kids. Because kids are cool. And they wanna know stuff. And we like that. And sometimes the adult answers ...
Apr 21 minA Simple SoupMaking sure every meal we eat is perfectly nutritious could be exhausting. Instead of worrying about that again and again I just give mys...
Apr 24 minLife Out of DarknessThe mystery of a sprouting seed is one of those things you can ponder forever. And ponder is really about all you can do. Sure, you can c...
Mar 273 minSong in a year of CatastropheThere is a poem by Wendell Berry that means a lot to us. We usually circle back to it every spring at some point. In our early years of f...
