Pruning orchard

Join us Wed. at 1:30 by the dairy barn at the St. Coletta site in Jefferson when we discuss renovation pruning of the abandon orchard!!

Early greenhouse vegetables

Early season veggies of lettuce and cabbage both in early limited supply, but will be ready soon!

Hops!!

I had a chance to gather the rhizomes for one of the 'wild' hop starts last fall. Overwintered them in the greenhouses with what appears to be good survival. We are looking to put in a hop yard starting with three "wild strains" of hops. Beer takes an intricate mixing of flavors, so we have found three different lots of hops that have survived the ravages of disease and insect pressure to survive naturally. They have great, but different tastes from strong bitters to a citrus taste - perfect for brewing beer! We'll see if the choices we selected from these natural populations give the disease and insect resistance needed for a true organic hops yard.

Turkeys!!!

WHAT'S A GUY GOT TO DO TO GET YOUR ATTENTION?!

Maple Sap-sicle

Still cold in Wisconsin, but another sign Spring cannot be far away! Maple Sap-sicles. Pat and I had to eat one, like a natural maple flavored pop-sicle!!

These happen during freezing weather as the sap starts to flow in the maple trees, and weeps out of wounds in damaged branches from last winters cold storms! Nice to be on an organic farm where you can still collect and enjoy such things.

Spring color!!!

Been awhile since we were able to blog, but we were still taking pictures!










Nothing better than some culinary (edible) spring flowers!!



Enjoy!!!


For all you chefs looking for a salad topping or cake decoration, these are for sale!

Aloe Vera

This is one of our daughter, Heather's, Addition to our operation! A very prolific "mother plant". Our children may be getting older, but we are thankful for their ties back to our family operation. Danni keeps our web site up while teaching the "English" language to students in the Republic of Georgia. Ed is always busy in various endeavors, but still had time, (made time) to help us with vehicle repair along the road in frigid weather. Thanks Guys!!!

Sunset

Just a month ago, the sun was going down to the right side of this frame! I couldn't help but catch this picture of the sun going down straight to the west with beautiful color from a few snow flakes n the air. Note our "snow dog" in the foreground trying to capture some of the winter's cold before the warmer days of Wisconsin road repair, I mean spring, sets in!