Saturday mornings, for the last year and a half, have been off to market days for us. Our little town has been blessed with the opportunity to build a thriving year round farmer’s and artisan’s market, and having somewhere to bring winter produce to sell during the off months of our CSA program is really [...]
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Saturday morning
Posted in challenges, community, CSA, farm, farmer's market, farming, greenhouse, local food, mcminnville, pests, seasonal eating, winter, tagged community supported agriculture, farming, seasons, winter on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for spring
Posted in changes, children, family, farm, farming, nature, spring, tagged family, farming, homeschooling, nature study, spring on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today was so brilliant! It was decidedly sunny and that sun felt so good. The kids and I spent nearly all day outside. We started out there this morning with songs and times tables, and after a quick trip inside to do some writing, we happily returned out of doors for picnics and stories and [...]
The first seeds are sown!
Posted in changes, cycles, farm, farming, nature, spring, winter, tagged farming, nature, seasons, spring, winter on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Somewhere deep inside of us all, the cycles of the seasons live. I know for our own little family, living here on the farm has awakened our own awareness of this quite a bit. But I believe that for all of us, our bodies and minds and our actions and energies participate in the cycle [...]
January through the lens
Posted in children, cycles, farm, farming, home, winter, tagged family, farming, home, seasons, winter on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A small look at what our month has been full of: yo-yo’s keeping warm with new Christmas hats from Grandma sunny (and wet) winter harvests and yummy winter meals rain and rain and floods wet explorations, loads of splashing, and oh so much puddle jumping baby goat joy and tragedy and many hours of learning, [...]
A farmer’s respite
Posted in CSA, family, farm, farming, home, winter, tagged csa harvest, farming, home, winter on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Things are winding down for the year just in the nick of time. As the farmer harvests these last few CSA shares in the brisk window of time between defrosting and dark, washes them in the cold in spurts while alternately coming inside to warm his hands by the fire, he is all the while [...]
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