Category Archives: the Farm

Arrival of the Chickens

Posted on March 23, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

One of Steve’s favorite stories about his daughter Julia is about getting chickens. They drove out to the hatchery one spring morning and picked up a small box packed with baby chicks. A few years at the beginning they got as … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse Visit

Posted on March 17, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last Wednesday (pre-junket) I went to visit a greenhouse in Buffalo, Minnesota. The greenhouse is part of the alternative/technical high school in Buffalo, but was not being used this year. Two farmers rented the space to grow greens and plant … Continue reading →

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The Coop

Posted on March 4, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

A friend on Facebook recently woke up on her birthday and went out of her house to find her husband bought her a shiny new car and there it was with a big bow on it. We all know this moment– from television commercials, … Continue reading →

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Farming

Posted on February 15, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Yesterday I attended the Minnesota Sustainable Farming Association’s (SFA) annual conference at the College of Saint Benedict. It is only a mile from me and brings together small farmers from all over the state. Last year it was at this … Continue reading →

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Potting Room

Posted on February 10, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I know. I’ve been gone. Not actually, but from the blog. This is, I believe, the longest I’ve gone without posting since I started in 2008. It feels like a really long time. And I have no excuse except, well, … Continue reading →

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Holiday Meals

Posted on January 1, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

New Year’s Eve is about food. Is anything not about food? This year, unlike most years, I’m full of resolution. Time to turn this thing around. Exercise! No sugar! Weight Loss! Make my own cleaning products! I have plans, people… … Continue reading →

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

Posted on November 14, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I am sure the Eskimos have a word for this kind of snow. I believe it can be translated as “January snow.” I went out for a little ski yesterday, my sister-in-law being kind enough to blaze the trail through … Continue reading →

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Where I Live

Posted on November 7, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I don’t think I live in an unusual place. But then something happens to remind me that I do. Walking out to get the mail, I walk by our pumpkin-headed scarecrow, our usual fall decoration. And I see that someone … Continue reading →

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The Game Changer

Posted on October 24, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Is this the happiest man you’ve ever seen? This photo really shows what Steve is about. If I had worked for two days and was facing down two pallets of materials for a gigantic greenhouse, I would not look like … Continue reading →

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Mature Prairie: Fall

Posted on October 20, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

These are my colors. From 1978-82 when I was in high school, I made many of my own clothes, and these were the colors I gravitated to. They were called “earth tones.” My mother called them “brown.” Looking at the … Continue reading →

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