2016 Outlook & Owls

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]What does a vegetable farmer do in February?As the 40 mph icy gusts scream across the open fields, we’re hunkered down in the farmhouse. The woodlot provides a little shelter from the wind, but our hilltop is one of the windiest spots around. We live outside during the rest of the year, but what

Village mentality gives spring a new meaning

Full Speed Ahead! These past weeks have been wonderful for digging, plowing, and cultivating in the fields! We are enjoying all of the beauties of spring on the farm. The lilacs are like fireworks and the woods canopy is filling in the blue holes of sky each day. Asparagus pops, currents cluster with flowers, and

From Microbiology to Mentors

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The weather has warmed, and what a welcome change. Doesn’t this spring feeling just put an extra kick in your step and another feather in your cap!? Hope you’ve been able to enjoy the ‘long’ days and the nice temperatures. Spring started on the farm last week, too. We fired up the greenhouse, and

April Photo Journal Report

Wally’s Field We planted alfalfa, wheat, and mammoth red clover yesterday before the sun went down- just in time for a nice soaking from the next days of rain. Soon it will sprout and be a blanket of green! Nick is smoothing out the wheat seed in the grain drill(left phot0. Alfalfa seed in grain drill

Spring Time = Peace Signs

We dug out the snow drift that surrounded the greenhouse  a couple weeks ago.  It felt so good to get inside the greenhouse and see the large back pile of potting soil that we unload back in November, still there right where we left it. By the end of May, the pile of soil will

Wally’s Farm

In November, 2013, we bought a farm that we’re calling “Wally’s Farm,” named after the man who farmed and raised his family at this place.  Wally lived here from around 1941 until he passed away in spring 2013.  He took great pride in this farm, and it shows. We weren’t exactly looking to purchase a

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