3 days ago3 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 farming we would just...
4 days ago3 minBeing Agile in world that's FragileIn the last post I mentioned how the closure of restaurants was going to have an impact on our business. We sell a lot of eggs to restaurants and when they w...
Mar 205 minMixed FeelingsAs a farmer, its hard to know how to respond to these times. Personally, I would like to think everyone is over-reacting. I would like to down-play everythin...
Mar 204 minMeal Planning #4 (something different)Let’s talk eggs. It IS the first day of spring, after all. What is a more apt symbol of new life and hope than an egg? The egg is the powerhouse of health, d...
Mar 62 minJust TRY not to be Surprised...Seeds. Tiny, tightly packed, wax coated, sparks of life. Waiting for the warmth. The day that we start the first seeds always creeps up on me. I used to resi...
Mar 63 minPlanning the Meals (#5)So far I’ve written a lot about theory to give you a paradigm so that you could understand my process. But theory without application is useless and I think ...
Feb 222 minThe Early Bird Gets the... Egg?I'm just going to call it now. We're going to sell out of eggs again this year. It happens every year. At some point we don't have enough. Its awkward for us...
Feb 214 minMy Hesitant Weather PredictionSpring. As long as I have been farming people have asked me about the weather. The question always felt weird because it almost assumed that I, by virture of...
Feb 213 minMeal Planning #4 (Building Blocks)I want to make this whole topic of meal planning and its application accessible to my readers, but I am also aware that taking the time to sit down, plan, an...
Feb 73 minMeal Planning: Part 3 I really want to impress upon you the value of technique in the kitchen. I’m not exactly referring to cooking-school-technique. Remember, my heart is loyal t...
Jan 242 minWhat's He Doing In There?People always wonder what we do on the farm during the winter. Obviously there is less physical work to do. There is still a lot of work though. In fact, the...
Jan 242 minI Forget. So I Make Lists.They say (don’t ask me who “they” are...just trust me) that the brain can EITHER be creative, OR engage in recall processes. Not both. They also say that a p...
Jan 242 minMeal Planning (Part 2)It seems important to give some context to the methods I use when I meal plan. My meal planning is built on a system of both ideals and limitations. To begin...
Jan 101 minThe Dreaded Meal PlanI regularly experience tension concerning meal planning. I love it, and at the same time, I hate it. As I grow older and receive more grace to accept paradox...
Jan 86 min"The Farmer Speaking of Monuments" From the Perspective of a FarmerThis Poem by Wendell Berry is important to me. "The Farmer, Speaking of Monuments" Always, on their generation's breaking wave, men think to be immortal in t...
Jan 62 minOut With The Old...Five years down. Last year ended with at least one significant change for us. That is, we moved. Of course, that doesn't just mean we have a new commute. For...
Jan 32 minThe Five Year PlanAAAAGES ago, we decided to move to Minnesota and start a farm. I'm not sure what we were thinking. At the time, it seemed like a good idea to move halfway ac...
Oct 15, 20192 minCSA Week 18CSA Week 18! Well, the final week is finally here. It has been quite a year! Though we try not to talk about the weather all the time it really has been the ...
Oct 8, 20192 minCSA Week 17Hello everyone! Before I say anything, I would like to remind everyone that next week is the LAST CSA WEEK! That means if you are a half share and you are pi...
Sep 24, 20192 minCSA Week 15Well, I think the rain may have stopped finally.... I almost always start these letters/posts with a comment on the weather. Sometimes I do it sheepishly. It...
