From the monthly archives: January 2012

In real life, there are no guarantees

By On January 14, 2012 · 2 Comments

In the quest to begin a farm operation in 2012, today I attended the Michigan Food & Farming Systems annual conference. Here are my takeaways:

1) I have now gone to enough farming conferences in Michigan that I recognize people from other events.  People I only see at farming conferences.

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What’s this farm stuff all about anyway?

By On January 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I’ll be the first to admit that we don’t have a farm.

We have ten acres that used to be a farm.  When other people owned it.  A long time ago (more than ten years).

When we bought it, we didn’t know what we were doing.  We had read a lot of [...]

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Experiments at Home

By On January 13, 2012 · 1 Comment

This Sunday we celebrated the Baptism of Our Lord.  Our children woke up to scallop shells (see them? even though they are really too small for the setting?) scattered around the Advent wreath. (On the other hand, please do not notice how very un-Martha those ribbons are.)

Since

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52 Sabbaths

By On January 6, 2012 · 1 Comment

I agree with Crystal Paine, who’s been inspiring me lately.  Yearly goals make life better.  I sat down as 2011 turned into 2012 and came up with my own list.  Most relevant to this blog is my goal to celebrate 52 sabbaths this year.  I’ve been reading about Sabbath [...]

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