As previously mentioned, Michelle “retired” from the office life. That leaves her with plenty of time to farm now. Keith is very excited for the help. So with that being said, here’s our plan for this year. Farm Stand We will have a farm stand open Sundays through Wednesdays, probably 10-7. This may be adjusted… Continue reading What we are up to this year
Category: Miscellaneous
Hot Plate – What is it?
I recently learned about Hot Plate – an on-line menu for preorders. So I dug in to check it out. Bakers/chefs create a weekly menu and make it live. You order what you want and pick up on a specific day. I’ve been testing this out for a bit. It’s pretty cool. Although I do… Continue reading Hot Plate – What is it?
What are the produce codes on fruits & vegetables?
Every wonder what the produce codes mean on our fruits and vegetables that you see in the grocery store? Check out this photo. Pretty nasty what they are doing to our food, isn’t it? This is why every year I focus on trying to grow more of our own food so we can stop supporting the grocery… Continue reading What are the produce codes on fruits & vegetables?
What is community?
I experienced community when I was growing up. I grew up in a town of about 7,000. I remember having a milkman deliver our milk and put it in a cooler on our porch. I also remember going to the meat market with my mother to get some meat with whatever cut she wanted. I… Continue reading What is community?
Nothing to waste
I don’t know about you but I’m not a fan of the cranberry stuff in a can for Thanksgiving. I actually don’t even eat or like cranberry jelly, sauce whatever you want to call it. Every year I make homemade cranberry jelly for Keith for Thanksgiving. It’s a wonderful combination of cranberries and oranges. I… Continue reading Nothing to waste
Goodbye 2019
As we say goodbye to 2019 and another decade, we want to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year and new decade!
Field Trip
Now that we have downsized we have been enjoying a couple of Saturdays meandering the back roads. Today, we explored the Brattleboro Area Farmer’s Market in Vermont. They have been around for 45 years, have lots of vendors and they bought the land. It was a weedy, overgrown area along the river and they cleaned… Continue reading Field Trip
2019 So Far
I’m a terrible blog poster. Sorry for not posting sooner. We are enjoying our “semi-retirement”. It seems we picked a good year to start. Family issues, truck repairs and the weather just to name a few definitely have impacted or would have impacted our growing for our Farmers markets and CSA if we had continued… Continue reading 2019 So Far
Announcement
Some of you will recall we sent out a survey about what 5 things you would like us to grow. That might have tipped you off to possible change in the air. We moved to Gilmanton in January 2011. This was the only month that we worked on our home. The rest of the time… Continue reading Announcement
Oh My Aching Body
So we’ve made it through three days straight of greenhouse building. Michelle has taken the week off to accomplish this task. The two of us have worked continually for the last 3 days. It’s amazing the muscles that you didn’t realize you had in the aches that could be even possible. Makes me realize how… Continue reading Oh My Aching Body
