Unseasonably warm weather gets everyone excited for spring, but vegetable farmers get really excited. So excited that they start planting… Although the beginning of March is our normal target date to start seedlings, we were eager to get going this year….
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SPRING! (ALMOST)
We are so ready for our 2nd growing season. This is absolutely the most exciting time of year. Actually, harvesting the first tomato may top it, but it’s close! It seems there’s never really a good transition from winter…
A Slow, But Steady Start
Our Aussie farmer friend and past boss Rod May sent us an email last night entitled “Midwest Renaissance.” I noticed the email while sitting in between the pepper and tomato beds taking photos, listening to Pandora and watching yet another…
Whoa, it’s May!
We’re currently sitting 51 days out from our projected first week of deliveries – woohoo! In the last month or so we’ve experienced a few ups and downs, a phenomenon known to many as farming. It’s just the way it goes….
Goat adventures
My how time flies. One year ago today, Jonathon and I began our adventure with goats. I’ll never forget when Jonathon suggested getting dairy goats before we’d even arrived in Australia. “I think it would be a good idea. I…