Homemade Croutons Are Where It’s At: Week #9 – 8/3/22
Homemade Croutons are Where It’s At Yep. That’s right. I’m going to write a whole newsletter about making croutons. Store bought croutons are one thing. They are crunchy and [...]
The First Sweet Corn!: Veggie Share Week #8 – 7/27/22
The First Sweet Corn! This morning was the first harvest of sweet corn! Our sweet corn successions are located at the K property this season. So most Tuesday mornings now for the next 8 weeks, [...]
Greetings from Minnesota – Week #7 – 7/20/22
Greetings from Minnesota Greetings from family camp! (I’m writing this message on a rainy Friday afternoon, because once I’m actually up at family camp, there is no internet access!). [...]
Playing in the Fields: Veggie Share Week #6 – July 13
Playing in the Fields This morning I am forcing myself to do work in the office. It’s funny, I spend the whole winter doing office work – so many hours! But try and get me to spend [...]
A Magical Place to Grow Up: Veggie Share #5 – Wed., July 6th
A Magical Place To Grow Up Middle school is tough. No matter where you grow up. The pressure to fit into the norm is intense. In Mt. Horeb, the popular kids don’t come from farming [...]
An Ice-cream Maker: Veggie Share #4 -Wed., June 29
An Ice-cream Maker I found myself in a conversation the other day, musing about ways to raise the quality of life at the farm house. Build a back porch? Maintain a cozy fire pit for friends to [...]
Solstice Musings: Veggie Share #3 – June 22
Happy Solstice! Today marks a special day – the most day light we will experience all year long. It sneaks up on me every time, and I find it so wild to think about how the days only get [...]
Don’t Play with the Stove: Veggie Share Week #2 – Wed, June 15
My youngest daughter Juna wrote me some poems. (Love love that in general.) Many of the poems are like what you’d expect from a 7 year-old writing poems. Except one. I am in love with this [...]
Vegetables or Cake?: Crossroads Veggie Share – Week #1- 6/8/22.
Welcome! Happy season ’22! It was a long, cold, late spring. Sometimes I wondered if the sun, heat, or food would arrive. We kept seeding and planting, trusting in the cycle of things. Now [...]
Last Day Joys: Fall Veggie Share Week #8 – 12/15/21
Last Day Joys! Remember when you were a student and all the excitement you felt on the last day of school? That’s me today! Here I am putting together the last communication of the season [...]
Moving Through the Inventory: Fall Veggie Share Week #7 – 12/8/21
Moving Through the Inventory A question we get a lot is, “What are you doing this time of year?” Quick answer: we are steadily moving through our inventory of vegetables, trying to [...]
Waiting for Snow: Fall Veggie Share Week #6 – 12/1/21
Waiting for Snow Did you know there are still leeks, brussels sprouts, and kale out in fields that can be harvested?! On the one hand, I’m so excited about that fact. Local greens and [...]
Hope for a Fuller STory: Veggie Share Week #5 – 11/24/21
Hopes for a Fuller Story As a grower and lover of food, I’m all about any holiday that encourages people to sit down and share a meal together in gratitude. I’m super excited to host [...]
Wish: Fall Share #4 – 11/17/21
Risk We are currently in the midst of our renewal drive, asking members of our summer veggie share to sign up for the upcoming 2022 season. It’s not going super well compared to past years. [...]
Buoyancy – Fall #3 – 11/10/21
Buoyancy In a normal season, by late October it starts getting cold. Frosts don’t burn off until mid morning. Most of the crops are out of the ground. Work moves inside to the shed and the [...]
