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A Very Busy & Wet Spring 6 Jun 2013 | 04:52 am
Things are in full gear at the farm. So much to do outside, but it won't stop raining. We are back & forth to Illinois, so when we are up here, we need to get stuff done. I am excited to say that we w...
Winding Down Here at the Farm 22 Oct 2012 | 09:07 am
Summer flew by! Hard to believe it is almost Halloween. Today we covered the garlic that was planted three weeks ago with straw. I still need to pull up the tomato, pepper & squash plants and put them...
Garlic Website is Up & Ready for Orders 23 Jul 2012 | 10:20 pm
Seems like summer is flying by, even though it has been so hot. We have been busy, busy, busy with the garlic. This year's harvest was over 4000 bulbs. We now have them all cured or curing & cataloged...
Meet Grover! 20 Jun 2012 | 08:57 am
This is Grover, our new 8 week old kitten. He likes the chickens... He likes Vinnie... And after a week of hissing & growling, I think Tigger is accepting him :-) We are having a mini heat wave ri...
Planting, Watering, Harvesting & Weeding 11 Jun 2012 | 12:25 pm
Letting Ron know I'm ready to go. Concentrating on getting the trees into the shute. The tree is placed in between the blades which are holding the soil apart. In this pic, the ground is already clo...
Tomorrow Will Be an Exciting Day! 4 Jun 2012 | 11:12 am
It has been a very busy spring here in Wisconsin. Lots of projects happening. Tomorrow, Mark Shepard is coming here to the farm to plant around 450 mostly hazelnut (along with nineteen chestnut we pu...
Happy Spring! 22 Mar 2012 | 09:46 am
Garlic is getting tall. Everything is budding here at the farm. It has been unusually warm for March. Kind of makes you wonder what summer holds in store for us. I haven't posted anything for a whil....
Rejuvelac-The Energy Drink 20 Jan 2012 | 12:22 pm
Thought I would share a recipe today for an easy energy boost. It is a fermented drink and it is not hard to make. It only requires two things: clean (non-fluoridated) water & 1/2 cup of wheat or rye...
Seed Orders (So Far) 19 Jan 2012 | 07:41 am
For the last week or so, I've been looking through the seed catalogs & the other day I brought the seed packets out of cold storage to see what I need for this year. The companies I ordered from are S...
Another Project Done 17 Jan 2012 | 01:56 pm
This weekend, Steve put up the doors going to the basement & workshop. We have had temporary doors there since we moved to the west side of the barn. Big improvement! In look & warmth. I went to town ...
