Organic Farming Wisconsin

Sep 185 min read

Farm Frugality - When Want Goes Away

When I was 39 (17 years ago) I met frugality. Back then, it arrived cloaked as minimalism. I took stock of my belongings and began to see...

Dec 7, 20232 min read

Farm Projects & Farm Direct Shopping

Yearend is when farmers reinvest their earnings back into the business. Building maintenance, machinery updates, new tires, parts and...

Oct 25, 20235 min read

Is socialization pooping you out?

This is Spooky Chicken. He's one of our steers who always wants to be alone. Bill fixed the yard fence today and Spooky Chicken left the...

Oct 18, 20232 min read

Help Me Build a BLUE ZONE

(Happy scenery on the farm-to-farm walking tour) Ever since landing myself in the ER to find that I needed a pacemaker, I have become...

Jun 14, 20232 min read

In a dry year you get DONE

Time to start foraging chamomile for FARM TEA FARMER WILLIAM says, If it doesn't rain, we won't have second crop hay to cut and bale....

Aug 30, 20224 min read

The Symbolic Meaning of Food

This time of year the sun's abrupt angle starts to feel harsh conjuring Fall and its hazy hot yellows. The quiet blanketed greens give...

Apr 20, 20222 min read

Watch Your Step

There is A LOT going on out here on the farm despite the very crappy weather! William has been feeling very boxed in unable to get...

Mar 30, 20223 min read

Burn Piles or Hugelkultur?

It's that time of year when we're all itching to get outside, clean up the perennial landscaping and fantasize about this year's kitchen...

Mar 23, 20224 min read

Maple & Mud Madness

Once March in Wisconsin comes around all you hear are things like, "Get your trees tapped?" "How many you tap this year?" "Your trees...