Overwhelmed
It is the season to rejoice; warmth, sun and growing things paint the landscape a shade greener every day. Spring is in the air and the fields and raised beds call for their session under the...
View ArticlePip the Pup
As if we don’t have enough going on right now we decided to add to it. If you have ever been out to the farm you have met our dog Wop, she was a border collie and although some may argue, she was the...
View ArticleA Poem...
Today, a poem... Violets, bluegrass, clover and ryeFescue, dandelions, my oh myTogether they dance, wild and freeThe ripples of wind are plain to seeThis frolic of springtime so happy and gayJoyous new...
View ArticleNettles and Choy
Today, another poem... (is this a trend? Not sure, but it seems Steve is in a rhyming mood lately)Stinging nettles have a biteBut once you cook them they taste just rightChock full of vitamin CNot...
View ArticleThe green hill of Mud Lake (to be read with an Irish accent)
Top of the morning, unless this is late in the day for you in which case you may replace it with a more proper salutation. It was a glorious day here on the Hill o'er Mud Lake. The grass is as green as...
View ArticleLife Going On
It has been a ridiculously busy week here at the farm, but what should we expect from spring. You have to look no further than our lawn to see the effects of the weather, we could spend every night...
View ArticleLong live the king
Growing up just outside of Holland, I played in the creek, the pond and the river. I played in the trees, the valley and the fields. I caught crayfish, fireflies and frogs not to mention a few worms,...
View ArticleMortgages and Mizuna
We like to make it sound romantic, idyllic and earthy. The idea planting of a seed and harvesting food can do that, but farming is at its essence a business and although we grow year-round we are still...
View ArticleThe Art of Summer
The skies are gray with low clouds that seem just out of reach. The air, moist and thick but with a warmth that bedevils any sense of dreary. Plumes of green foliage spring from the earth that was so...
View ArticleSpecial Day
Today is a special day, and not just because it’s the first day of summer or even that it is father’s day… Trouping through the 7 foot grasses, evading the swarms of deer flies, sweat dripping from...
View ArticleOverwhelmed
It is the season to rejoice; warmth, sun and growing things paint the landscape a shade greener every day. Spring is in the air and the fields and raised beds call for their session under the...
View ArticlePip the Pup
As if we don’t have enough going on right now we decided to add to it. If you have ever been out to the farm you have met our dog Wop, she was a border collie and although some may argue, she was the...
View ArticleA Poem...
Today, a poem... Violets, bluegrass, clover and ryeFescue, dandelions, my oh myTogether they dance, wild and freeThe ripples of wind are plain to seeThis frolic of springtime so happy and gayJoyous new...
View ArticleNettles and Choy
Today, another poem... (is this a trend? Not sure, but it seems Steve is in a rhyming mood lately)Stinging nettles have a biteBut once you cook them they taste just rightChock full of vitamin CNot...
View ArticleThe green hill of Mud Lake (to be read with an Irish accent)
Top of the morning, unless this is late in the day for you in which case you may replace it with a more proper salutation. It was a glorious day here on the Hill o'er Mud Lake. The grass is as green as...
View ArticleLife Going On
It has been a ridiculously busy week here at the farm, but what should we expect from spring. You have to look no further than our lawn to see the effects of the weather, we could spend every night...
View ArticleLong live the king
Growing up just outside of Holland, I played in the creek, the pond and the river. I played in the trees, the valley and the fields. I caught crayfish, fireflies and frogs not to mention a few worms,...
View ArticleMortgages and Mizuna
We like to make it sound romantic, idyllic and earthy. The idea planting of a seed and harvesting food can do that, but farming is at its essence a business and although we grow year-round we are still...
View ArticleThe Art of Summer
The skies are gray with low clouds that seem just out of reach. The air, moist and thick but with a warmth that bedevils any sense of dreary. Plumes of green foliage spring from the earth that was so...
View ArticleSpecial Day
Today is a special day, and not just because it’s the first day of summer or even that it is father’s day… Trouping through the 7 foot grasses, evading the swarms of deer flies, sweat dripping from...
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