Rooted in Tradition
Centuries ago, doctors and healers used to believe that there were 4 humors that regulated your body and your health; If your humors were...
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farmonempire
Jul 222 min read
The Bounty of Weeds
Herbs have a mystical and magical quality to those of us who dabble in plants; imagining a plant, a little slip of greenery, flower, or...
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farmonempire
Mar 182 min read
The Pursuit of Hoppiness
I’ve been thinking about hops. I am not alone in this consideration. People have been pondering the conical flowering vine for...
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farmonempire
Feb 121 min read
Leadership Qualities - aka Procrastination?!
Some days there is a whole lot of lacka wanna around these parts. Today is one of those days. I’ve been putting off writing blog posts...
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farmonempire
Nov 14, 20233 min read
The Spice-y Life
This year we had rain. A lot of rain. Not just a little bit for a short while, but a whole summer's worth of rain all summer long. It...
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farmonempire
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Dooryards
As the summer is winding down, we are preserving the harvests and beginning to transition our gardens to their slower autumn pace. I...
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farmonempire
Oct 24, 20222 min read
An Eggthical Dilemma
The thing about having chickens is that there is no right way to have them. Traditionally we have not added heat or light to their coops....
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farmonempire
Aug 21, 20222 min read
Why do Ewe?
“What nice goats” is a phrase we typically hear about our sheep. How could anyone confuse the two? Probably because our sheep are Jacob...
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farmonempire
Aug 14, 20222 min read
The Freedom of Seeds
As everything else in our lives, the process that brought us to farming is complicated and interwoven with lots of ‘other’ stories,...
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farmonempire
Aug 7, 20222 min read
Seasons Change - A-pear-antly
On our farm we watch the seasons. Each change in weather or bloom heralds both a beginning and the end of things. Every August we wait...
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