The early morning dew settled the dry soil as the tiller turned its tines across the fields incorporating the cover crop seeds thrown with a hand-turned seeder. The old canvas and metal contraption was made in Indiana…to read more click here Vol.5 #22(10-16-12)
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The paper thin veil separating a profitable, bountiful harvest and total crop loss is something every farm and farmer accepts as reality. In one starlit, calm night a herd of deer can mow an entire field of ready-to-pick peas and over the course of just a few days…to read more click here Vol.5 #20(10-02-12)
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Walking alongside the buckwheat last week just before the lunch bell summoned our hungry bellies to the table, I stopped to admire the blazing white buds bursting open with perfect symphony. Their physical beauty, their upright posture and belonging demeanor…to read more click here Vol.5 #18 (09-18-12)
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I’m not feeling much inspiration. It’s sticky, and slimy, and sweaty and sultry and tragically, without discussion, reality. There’s nowhere to turn aside from a gracious breeze or an unnecessary joy ride into town for cover crop seed too dry to plant. To Read more click here Vol.4 #9 (06-07-11)
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