The Intention of this Blog
is to share my adventure of repurposing my family farm into art space and re-rooting myself in an 'old fashioned' way of life with my folks, the original Do-It-Yourselfers. It is a platform for me to share with others the things that I learn as I apprentice myself to my parents and grandparents.
"You cannot express, whatever your walk in life, unless you have a system of expression; and you cannot have a system of expression unless you have a prior system of cognate thinking and feeling; and you cannot have a system of thinking and feeling unless you have had a basic system of living." -Louis Sullivan "The Kindergarten Chats: The Art of Expression: 1"
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Here’s Something Strange…
his is an image of what precipitates out of our grape juice after we can it. It feels as hard as nails, but breaks apart into gritty granules if you chomp on it with your teeth. Any scientific types … Continue reading
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Black Raspberries
hese buggers became ripe the last week also.
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It’s another Chicken Summer
e’ve been raising meat chickens every other summer, and last summer was our summer off. This year, my wily brother-in-law convinced my folks to try a new breed. They are called Freedom Rangers (oh my!) and we got them through … Continue reading
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The Harvest Begins….
oday, Mom and I picked beans for the first time and filled 2 five gallon pails!
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Waiting for Asparagus
e’ve been watching these guys stretch upwards and are incredibly excited about our first meal of asparagus just around the corner.
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Meyer Farm Project 