Fall has always been our favorite time of year. That’s why Dave and I decided to have our wedding in October. We celebrated twenty-one years of marriage last week. Every year since 1997 has been an adventure. Sometimes the adventure has been exciting and fun and...
A couple of years ago I was talking to one of our interns about our vision for the farm. I told him that I wanted to have the most beautiful farm in northern Michigan. His response was, “Kathy, you already have the most beautiful farm in northern...
The tomato harvest is at its peak. Canning and preserving are underway in our house. I’ve been canning for years now. It seems like yesterday that I ventured into the kitchen one late summer afternoon and faced a lot of unfamiliar equipment, bushels of tomatoes...
It’s that time of year, mums are blooming. I’ll be heading out to the field shortly to start loading trailers full of them. Mums are the first crop that Dave and I planted and grew, along with Dave’s parents, after we got married. We were living in...
Have you wondered what the hype is about heirloom tomatoes? We talk to a lot of people who are mystified by the devotion that so many have to these tomatoes. The answer lies in one word, variety. Heirlooms are seeds that have been saved for generations. These seeds...
