It's officially spring! Even though the temps are still chilly, the longer days have the plants bursting with growth (and us bursting with energy!). Each day I look, I swear the seedlings have doubled in size. The tables are filling fast and getting greener every day! Beautiful Baby Choi. A picture of Tunnel #1 prepped and patiently waiting for plants. We direct seeded cold hardy crops like spinach & radishes 2 weeks ago and they are thriving! We are making good progress on T

March arrived and we really hit the ground running! We've seeded tens of thousands of seeds already including onions, herbs, flowers, strawberries, lettuce, and early brassicas. We will be seeding every week from now until about mid July! This allows us to have continual harvests throughout the entire season. Often, we replant certain crops at least 4 times a season. Some things, like lettuce, many many more than that! Seeding trays as fast as I can fill them! Our operation i

We made the most of the winter storm last week and constructed a snow tubing course in our backyard! We had hours of fun building it, and many more hours enjoying it. :) Those of you picking up eggs last week might have overheard our squeals of joy! Wil snow tubing on his birthday in the backyard & me enjoying a hot cup of tea on my walk out to the greenhouse. This time of year we try to strike up a healthy balance of work to play before the labors of farming become all cons

Beautiful Lake Superior ice in Grand Marais Over the past two weeks, our family took the last couple trips away from home until next fall. For the next 8 + months, we will be tied very closely to the farm tending to all of our precious plants, vegetables, fruits, and flowers! We flew down to Florida to stay with family and enjoy some beautiful 70 degree beach/pool days! The sunshine and warmth really lifted our winter blues spirits. Then I went away over the weekend with some