Category Archives: the Farm

4th of July Prairie

Posted on July 4, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

bergemot Last year, with an early spring and lots of warm weather, for some reason the prairie flowers were pretty unimpressive. This year, however, everything seems anxious to make up for the long, cold winter and spring, or maybe all … Continue reading →

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Flowers

Posted on June 18, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

As my vegetable gardening ramps up, I’m less and less interested in flower gardening. We have terraced beds along the side of the house and the first year I stuck in a bunch of oriental lily bulbs which have been … Continue reading →

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Mnding the Chickens

Posted on May 30, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This Memorial Day weekend, everyone has been off at various cabins except me and Steve, so we had the WHOLE 80 acre farm to ourselves. We gardened, ate well, had coffee on the porch and even took a dip in the … Continue reading →

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First Harvest

Posted on May 8, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

The rhubarb has been, like everything, slow in coming in, but I did manage to get four cups of rhubarb picked on Friday for the first dish from the garden. With some remaining frozen strawberries and help from epicurious.com, I … Continue reading →

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The Future of Television

Posted on May 6, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

As an early adapter, I’m not very impressive. I’m guided more by my desire to live simply than to try something new. Although I’ve had a Honda Hybrid since 2002, I’ve actually all but given up my cell phone, which is … Continue reading →

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Why Seasons Are Important

Posted on April 14, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Lately, the world has been bumming me out. The earthquake and tsunami, followed by the radiation leak that has now been upgraded from Level 5 to Level 7 toxic event, the same category as Chernobyl (skipping Level 6 while people continued to … Continue reading →

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Planting

Posted on April 9, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

cherry tomato seedlings and one surprising batch of cilantro Today I did my first outdoor seed planting. I may have gotten carried away, but I didn’t put in anything that can’t be replanted if it ends up getting very cold … Continue reading →

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Soil That Can Be Worked

Posted on April 7, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

The key gardening phrase on some seed packets is “as soon as the soil can be worked.” That is when you can plant your first lettuce, peas, carrots, spinach and radishes. I have a large stack of seeds I can plant … Continue reading →

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Tracks

Posted on March 25, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It is difficult to get up during a blizzard at the end of March and go to work. This is true. My workplace, where most of the people (nuns) live right where they work, does not have snow days. So … Continue reading →

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Seed Planting

Posted on March 12, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Today is the day to start my seeds. It is 10 degrees and the wind is howling, but spring is predicted to begin with temps in the 50s by mid-week. I imagine in the time before climatologists, people just had to … Continue reading →

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