Farm Beginnings: In Awe of House Builders

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Corinna

People keep telling us that building our farmhouse is going to break up our marriage. I can certainly see why.

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Aw Snaps!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by realtimefarms

Check out our favorite photos from the past week – and then share your photos of a farm, food artisan or farmers market. You might be one of our favorites next week!

Two Sparrows Farm – Lowell, MI

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Aw Snaps!

Posted on June 28, 2013 by realtimefarms

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Aw Snaps!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by realtimefarms

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Aw Snaps!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by realtimefarms

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Farm Beginnings: Bacchanalian Burn Bonanza

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Corinna
The hickory tree on the left is perhaps 55 feet tall.

The hickory tree on the right is perhaps 65 feet tall.

Join us for a Bacchanalian Burn Bonanza!

Bacchus is not a controllable god (as you may remember from your Euripides in school) – and neither, it turns out, is fire. My lesson from burning a pile of wood 25 feet wide and 15 feet tall is this – don’t have any guests nearby but do have an excavator. Continue reading →

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Aw Snaps!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by realtimefarms

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Our Table – Sherwood, OR

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I Love My Farmers Market Celebration: A Great Way to Show Farmers and Farmland Love!

Posted on June 4, 2013 by realtimefarms

FarmMarket_logo_for_Microsoft_DocumentsI Love My Farmers Market Celebration marks the fifth year American Farmland Trust (AFT) has thrown a party for our nation’s farmers markets. They want eaters to pledge dollars we intend to spend at our farmers markets to highlight the pivotal role markets play in keeping farmers on their land.

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Aw Snaps!

Posted on May 31, 2013 by realtimefarms

Check out our favorite photos from the past week – and then share your photos of a farm, food artisan or farmers market. You might be one of our favorites next week!

Blue Moon Acres – Buckingham, PA and Pennington, NJ

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Farm Beginnings: Boxwood; Loving What the Deer Don’t

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Corinna

Farm Beginnings is the chronicle of a city girl starting to farm. Last installment Corinna spoke to why she farms. Today she speaks of farming with deer and boxwoods.

Farming with deer might bring visions of Bambi and all of his cousins running around a field prior to harvest into delicious venison steaks. That is not what I am talking about. No, farming with deer is growing goodies I want to eat/enjoy without having the deer demolish them first.

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