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Farm Happenings at Wild Coyote Farm
How Much Land Do You Farm?
It’s a question I get asked all the time, but it’s not really a question which really gets to the heart of what we do. For instance, we grew six acres of oats which we put up into hay this year. The value of that hay may be a $1000. We also put a small piece of land into baby green prod1 read more »
Micronutrients
Oh boy, here goes the farmer! This season in our large greenhouse, we have done pinpoint micro and macro nutrient assessments through the use of some cool new technology called a sap test. It has been used extensively in other countries, but in the US it’s just beginning to gain popularity. W1 read more »
Know Your Farmers
This isn’t Amazon. When you communicate with us, it’s with the person who grew, harvested and packed your food, maybe even delivered it! We run a very lean crew here - leaner than we had hoped for this year but we’ve had a hard time finding good help. A few weeks ago our couple of1 read more »
Trim the Fat
As fall approaches, we are spending every day bringing in the crops. It gives me as the farmer plenty of time to reflect and scheme for next season. I’ll have to say that rarely am I excited to harvest. Lots of times the crops look quite good, but I know there is more potential to be had. It&1 read more »
Winter Plans & Canning Tomatoes
As farmers we have to plan for next year, for the winter, and for five years out all during the busiest season of the year. Everything that we do during this summer affects what the condition of things will be next summer and into the future. In a year that we’ve had allot of flooding and los1 read more »
Integrating Animals
Integrating animals into a vegetable operation. I think most vegetable producers would read that statement and decide right away that it’s not a good idea. Why would somebody add another layer of complexity to the operation? The simple answer is that animals eat things that we don’t. We1 read more »
Ponderings of a farmer
If you've been reading my farm happenings, you will know some of the things that have failed or struggled. So as I think towards the future I am struck how important it is to diversify both my crops and my type of customers. When we set off at the beginning of the year we always think about beautif1 read more »
Farming fails are hard to stomach.
When things go wrong on the farm, it’s very hard to accept. Often in life we have the opportunity to repair things or make things right, but when crops fail to grow as expected or floods come and destroy the crop there is nothing to be done. We must wait until the following season to try agai1 read more »
Summer Crops!
That means I’m too busy to write a farm happenings for you all. I hope you’re enjoying your deliveries and I’ll work on keeping it coming!
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About the farm
Wild Coyote Farm is a Certified Organic small family farm in beautiful Southwest Michigan, dedicated to organic, regenerative, and sustainable growing practices to produce delicious and nutritious produce and eggs. No synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, GMOs, or anything harmful to any part of the precious land and environment we steward. We grow everything in soil (no hydroponics) and focus on soil health to grow the most nutritious produce. The animals we raise (chickens and sheep) rotate as part of our soil health plan, are pastured and humanely cared for.
It’s a win win for all - the environment, the farmers, and you, the eater!
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It’s a win win for all - the environment, the farmers, and you, the eater!