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Mystery Summer Shawl Knit Along 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A few months ago, I signed up for a Mystery Shawl Knit Along on Ravelry. I’ve never made a shawl or participated in a knit along and I thought this would be fun. Something to keep me on track. The k...
My Excuse is… 22 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
So I feel like I need to explain myself, since my parent taught me not to make excuses. It is simple really, I got engaged! Eric Barth, Polyface apprentice manager, has had my heart in a constant st...
The Dogs on Our Farm 18 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
It is such a joy to me to have so many animals all around us every day, but the ones I enjoy the most are the dogs. As far back as I can remember I have always had dogs around, some I loved more than...
In the kitchen with the tomatoes… 17 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
Canning, canning and more canning!! Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes!! Guess what I’ve been doing? I’ll give you three guesses. Ha! Leanna has grown more tomatoes than we know what to do with this year!...
My Biggest One Yet! 15 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Life here at the farm has continued to be full. Stay tuned for a further explanation next week. But for now I wanted to share what I found in my garden Tuesday! The biggest potato I have ever grown...
GobbledyFollowup 15 Aug 2013 | 04:06 am
After my last post, I realized I wanted to share a video of the turkeys after a move. When the turkeys get into their new paddock and start grazing and catching bugs, they make such a joyous noise! J...
Compost! 4 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Growing up in the city we never composted (not that you can’t, we just didn’t), and when we did moved out to some land we mostly gave our kitchen scraps to the chickens. I knew people who composted a...
Questions about the Intership at Polyface Farm? 2 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
It’s time! August 1-10, Polyface accepts applications for the next year’s summer season. We’ve had interns and apprentices from all over the US and all over the world – Mexico, Australia, Austria, an...
An Apiarist and His Bees 28 Jul 2013 | 05:38 pm
A couple of weeks ago Ralph and I took a friend of mine, who was visiting us, to go chat with Art Salatin, (Joel’s brother) about his bees. She has just acquired a couple of hives and had some questi...
Walk the Garden with Me 26 Jul 2013 | 04:38 pm
Today I wanted to share pictures of my yard and garden with you. Daniel and I live on a hill so there isn’t much flat space for vegetable gardens. I have a couple of raised beds where I grow fresh he...
