Is that sunshine?!! Hallelujah!  Some folks were about to change my name for me to the Cranky Farmer.  Maybe it really was the weather, but frustrations have been numerous.  I finally broke down this week and went to see my fellow neighbor/farmer/mentor.  She is a much beloved icon in the community.  I don’t think there [...]

I guess it’s just what you do when you’re a farmer and a freeze is coming:  you scramble.  So we scrambled like the best of them.  We covered as many crops as we could.  We watered – although not much; we’d had some rain.  And we kept our fingers crossed.  And then we cautiously peeked [...]

So the Broccoli went crazy over Thanksgiving! You can’t turn your back on this stuff for a second! But I have to admit, we took a day or two off to eat some turkey. and some pie. Fortunately, everything on the farm did very well. And not checking in for [...]