I gave birth to my son in July of the year we started Good Heart Farmstead. Needless to say, he was our best crop that season. He’s also unknowingly dictated our work schedule ever since. Being a farmer and a parent means balancing the needs of crops, customers, and children. And yourself, too — self-care …
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Every garden starts with seeds. But how do you know which seeds to buy? When I worked as a Sales Rep for High Mowing Organic Seeds, I was asked the same handful of questions over and over. The first step to growing a garden is buying seeds, but reading a seed catalog isn’t always straight …
I learned how to make tomato sauce in college. It was my one specialty (if you could call it that) and I fell in love with sauteing garlic and onions, reducing tomatoes in balsamic vinegar, and sprinkling in fresh basil. One day, my boyfriend and I went to the supermarket only to find they were …
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Organic Tomatoes are the hallmark of summer. There’s nothing quite like a tomato fresh from the vine — still sun-warm as you drizzle it with balsamic vinegar and olive oil, and sprinkle it with salt. Which is why you should plant tomatoes in your garden this year. Whether you started your own or bought seedlings …
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“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.” ~ Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac Every summer and fall we visit other farms to harvest fruit: strawberries, blueberries, and apples being at …
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Just a week ago the hillside was alight in orange, yellow, and red. Maples, birches, and ash loudly announcing autumn. Now those leaves are falling to the ground, and its the pines and hemlocks that stand out, their green amidst bare gray limbs and the last brassy orange still hanging onto deciduous branches. It’s another …
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