There's no time to blog, celebrate, or complain... I've got pickling, canning, and freezing to do!
August 29, 2013 Read more
Harvest
Canning wasn't hard! If you can follow directions, you can can (get it?)!
In agriculture, we are trying very hard to get the word out: we feed the world.
June 24, 2013 Read more
My three year-old and I were watering the garden and saw something red in the midst of green leaves. We reached in with excitement: our first tomato of the season - yum!
June 22, 2012 Read more
Every fall, the wheat farmer enters planting season with great optimism.
As I was mixing ingredients for a pumpkin pie, my five-year-old daughter asked how the pumpkin got in the can.
October 27, 2011 Read more
It’s the middle of August and most of us are not thinking about our strawberry plants, but you should be!
August 8, 2011 Read more
“That is humongous!” my four- year-old exclaimed as I held up a tomato horn worm.
One of my oldest, dearest, childhood friends, Tina, married a farmer and is living the farm life in western Iowa. During our youth, she spent many hours on our farm.
June 7, 2011 Read more