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The winter weather sets bone deep

By Peggy | Published: January 10, 2012
True, winter time is the time of year I tend to hibernate…well early winter that is for in the next few weeks I will be up to my neck in seedlings all waiting for the weather to break and find a new sunny home out into the field. I put up my farmers boots for [...]
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The season to count my blessings

By Peggy | Published: December 20, 2011
During the hustling seasons of Spring through Fall here on the farm it is hard to slow down long enough to catch your breath let alone count your blessings…but now that the field is sleeping and the days are shorten by hours I find myself doing just that. Being thankful for the little things that [...]
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Preserving The Harvest

By Peggy | Published: November 26, 2011
Granted we are at the end of our growing season here on the farm and most of the crops have come to the end of their life cycle.  But we still have some crops that need to be put up for the winter in our farmhouse pantry.  Cabbage, carrots and waxy greens are very much [...]
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Last days of fall

By Peggy | Published: November 11, 2011
Here we are in the early part of November and a couple of good frosts and 1 freeze under our belt and we still have some beds of greens that keep hanging on. That I love. Of course my son Lucca is pretty sick of seeing greens every night for dinner. I have been freezing [...]
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Breaking out the frost covers & Cranking up the farmhouse kitchen’s oven!

By Peggy | Published: October 19, 2011
Well…well I do declare it feels like fall after all. This morning my son climbed out of bed and proclaimed “that’s it..it is too cold to go to school this morning..think I will be sleep in”. Yea right young man..you haven’t felt cold yet. Mark, Viki and myself spent much of the day yesterday harvesting [...]
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A Fine Fall Indeed!

By Peggy | Published: October 6, 2011
With all this lovely fall weather and beautiful sunny days the farm is buzzing with life.  Walking around today reminded me of what a great season fall can be when it comes to how much food we can grow during this time of year. The bugs have bugged off for the most part and the [...]
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Turnip Greens & Chick, Chick, Chick

By Peggy | Published: September 23, 2011
Aren’t y’all just loving this fall weather? Here in Middle Tennessee it has been WONDERFUL! Let me tell you the whole farm has perked up and feeling all frisky and lively, it sure beats that August weather hands down. The rain and cooler…much cooler temps has brought the field back to life and the fall [...]
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The Fall to-do-list

By Peggy | Published: September 15, 2011
So now that the season is finally starting to feel like fall and is not just some far off wishful thought,  It is time to start checking off some of our extensive to-do-list of projects here on the farm. We grow so intensively with three seasons of crops in one planting bed we have to [...]
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Timing is everything

By Peggy | Published: September 8, 2011
I come from a musical background and so does Mark…that is how we met 15 years ago. Both of us were staff songwriters at Song/Tree publishing in Nashville. We also were neighbors living on the same street in East Nashville..but that takes me off my direction of thought… what I was thinking…is everything is about [...]
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Something Old, Something New

By Peggy | Published: August 30, 2011
The season is changing whether it feels like it or not. The plants and the farm animals are accurately aware of it and seem to be settling in for the fall season. The weather though is still very hot and dry which makes for a tough growing environment for the cool season seedlings that are [...]
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