Hello dear ones and happy September. I’ve never been more grateful to reach this beautiful month of sunny skies, cooler weather, crisp mornings, and waning work on the farm. It’s been a season my friends: a beautiful, stressful, demanding, prolific, lifechanging season. A lot has happened since we last talked way back in May. Like…
Tag: summer
Inspiration + RECIPE: Mason Jar Caprese
The tomatoes are reaching the end my friends. It’s be a light year for tomatoes thanks to the 22 inches of August rain that fell in Southern Wisconsin, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t love every second of the six weeks we’ve had those red, orange, green, yellow, pink and purple beauties. It never really…
Just Farming + RECIPE: Tomato & Sweet Corn Pasta Salad
Well hello everyone. How are you? Apparently, it’s August. I’ve been so buried in my farm bubble that I really have no idea what’s happening in the world outside of sweet corn, tomatoes and watermelon. It’s not a bad situation. Not one bit. It’s absolutely delicious in my world right now. It is also quite…
Surviving the Heat + RECIPE: Zucchini, Chard & Chickpea Tacos
We followed this strange pattern for the entire month of June. The work week typically began with a major storm event that pummeled our field with anywhere from 2-4 inches of rain. It then gave way to lovely weather that would be perfect to work in had the fields not been far too wet to…
Cookbook Potluck Club + RECIPE: Snow Pea, Fennel & Pickled Strawberry Salad
Two winters ago, before I began dealing with the chronic recurring knee and hip injuries that have been plaguing me, back when I was still logging ridiculous miles on the treadmill at my local gym each week, I would binge watch episodes of America’s Next Top Model and page through endless back issues of my…
Burgers & Brews + RECIPE: Ginger Pork Burgers
Was it just a holiday? Did I hear something about a long weekend happening? I can’t be quite sure because I was doing my best to avoid Instagram altogether while sweating out 150+ ounces of water daily from the 90+ degree fields. For us, it wasn’t so much a relaxing weekend as it was…
Farm to Glass Cocktail Series + RECIPE: Berry Rhubarb Lemonade
For some reason or another, this summer has been all about farm-inspired cocktails. Maybe its the fun cocktail syrups I discovered, maybe its the farm stress, maybe its the excess quantities of fresh cucumbers and basil we’re dealing with right now. It’s hard to know what has made sipping a farmy cocktail the highlight of…
Three Day Parties + Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Ice Cream Sandwiches
The jury is still out on whether or not catapulting ourselves into hosting a three day party after six weeks straight of long days in the fields will be repeated or not. We went to bed after midnight for three nights in a row last weekend which is just not a thing us farmers are…
September Slow Down + RECIPE: Ricotta & Cherry Tomato Pie
A little over a month ago, I had the joy of opening my farm to a hundred or so strangers over the course of one beautiful summer weekend. Our farm was part of Soil Sisters: a celebration of Wisconsin farms and rural life. (Head to Edible Madison f you want to hear the rambling story of…
Tomato Season + RECIPE: Tomato Balsamic Jam over Caramelized Shallot & Leek Biscuits with Sage Honey Butter
Never in a bazillion years did I ever think I’d be saying this, but tomato season is just too. damn. short! I mean I only started popping sungolds in my mouth for the first time seven weeks ago and now they likely only have a couple weeks left! Two months of tomatoes?! That is just…
The Leek & The Carrot 