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Farm Happenings at Boerson Farm
The Faces Behind the Food: Ed the Builder (AKA: Diamond E)
What does a mobile chicken coop, a giant salad spinner, a covered harvest wagon, a walk-in cooler, an 8' barrel style root washer, an outhouse, and a germination chamber all have in common? All are tools and infrastructure that the farm depends on day in and day out. Each one of these p1 read more »
LOVE is the Answer
Life on the farm is busy, but there is always time to think. The big question that I have been asking myself a lot lately is where is humanity heading?? Fear, anger, violence, and disease dominate the news. People are angry. People are scared. We are collectively stres1 read more »
Full Circle
Growing potatoes is pretty standard fare on farms and in gardens all over the world. We clear vegetation, open furrows, drop seed potato pieces every 8 inches, cover with soil and hope for rain. As our grand parents did, we pick potato bugs off the leaves as the plants grow and hill the1 read more »
Under the Corn Moon
Early in September, the full moon cast its glow across our field of food, urging the ears of corn to plump and sweeten and the tender pods of beans to swell. Under the light of the Corn Moon, I held my breath, anticipating the readiness of so much fall food, including some pretty decent looki1 read more »