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2021 in Review
Have you looked back at the last year and assessed your progress? We have just closed the books for 2021 at the Farm Fresh Mercantile (also known as “The Merc”). In December 2016, we began to transform a storage shed into a small mercantile. It became real in 2017 with periodic openings while we still…
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Folklore and Weather Forecasting
Do wooly worms, persimmon seeds, and black walnuts know the future? Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the U. S. Midwest, to be precise, we are entering the winter season. The topic on everyone’s mind seems to be what the winter weather will bring us. Before potential winter storms are upon us, we look to the…
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Practicing Gratitude on the Farm Even When It’s Hard
There is more to running a successful small farm business than harvesting lettuce or baking scones. Success is also a state of mind. One night over a meal of green beans and new potatoes we talked about how grateful we are for Five Feline Farm. The country home and business we have established here. Most…
