The last few weeks have left me absolutely bursting with excitement.
I've heard from four different young farm families who are taking new steps in regenerative and sustainable agriculture. One may
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Life Begins At 80
Last week, I drove through something I had never experienced before in Minnesota.
A black dust storm.
The ground
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Branches, Blossoms & Hope
Eight years ago, we planted a Honeycrisp apple tree.
This spring, for the very first time, it is blooming.
That
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Annual Haircut
Well, it's official. Spring has arrived on the farm.How do we mark the occasion around here? Two ways: the cows walk out
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He Makes Me
Out past the fence, stretching across our fields, the grass is almost ready to graze.
Almost.
This is the part of
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Our cows are dry — but the farm store is done!
For the first time in nearly six years, we're temporarily without fresh milk on the farm. All three of our dairy cows
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Twenty years between gardens
Yesterday’s heat caught me off guard—when we backed the car out of the cool garage to head to church, the windows
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A Suitcase for Heaven
I have had family and friends experience loss this month. It is hard.
I felt the weight of it while washing dishes
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The Pigs Are Getting a Garden This Year
I woke up to the cattle loudly complaining — moos carrying across the barnyard in the -18° windchill. The water had
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The Robins Are Back.
I hardly know how to contain myself this week. The geese are streaming overhead in great, honking lines, the clover is
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