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Feb. Events - Food&Farm, Book&More
Sent February 2nd 2010

Hello Everyone, and Happy Ground Hog Day, Candlemas, Lupercalia, and/or Februa! [For those of you who have signed up for Food & Farm Notes recently, I write intermittently in the winter months, and then weekly from mid-May to Thanksgiving...
Vegetables, Meats, Aronia THIS SAT
Sent January 21st 2010

Happy New Year from your central Illinois farmers! -- that would be Henry Brockman, Teresa Santiago, Jill Brockman, and Larry and Marilyn Wettstein. We hope youve been enjoying the beautiful snows and long nights -- and we also hope to se...
Henry's veggies at Geneva Market this Sat.
Sent December 17th 2009

Last week's email notwithstanding, THIS SAT. at the Geneva Market (indoor at the Inglenook Pantry at 11 N. 5th St.) is your last chance to get: [*]Henry's veggies (see list below) [*]The Land Connection's beautiful "Year on t...
Indoor Market this SAT -- Greens, Roots, Aronia, Herbs, Soaps, Books, Calendars and more . . .
Sent November 19th 2009

Here we are--suddenly it seems--at the end of another growing season, and at the beginning of the season of gratitude. There is so much to be grateful for unseasonably warm weather for starters.The clouds have kept the days and nights mu...
Last Market - Stock up!
Sent November 5th 2009

Terra is in New Haven, Connecticut, talking to Yale students about her book and Henry's Farm, so I (Teresa) am sending out the Farm Notes this week. Henry is busy getting lots of goodies ready to bring up to you, so be sure to stop by his stand and stock...
White Sweet Potatoes (from Henry); Secret to Happiness (from Zoe)
Sent October 29th 2009

It's been a soft-focus week with lots of drizzle and pastel leaves falling -- very peaceful in a way, but no time to write about that now. I have to run over to The Wild Tree Caf for a special meeting of the Evanston Food Policy Council focused on bo...
p.s. 2010 Annotated Calendars - TOMORROW!
Sent October 23rd 2009

I'm running to Peoria this afternoon to pick up the 2010 Land Connection "A Year on The Land" calendars -- Hot Off The Press! You can buy yours tomorrow at the Evanston Market -- from Teresa (at Teresa's Fruit & Herb stand) or from Joel (selling...
Garlic, Burdock, Jerusalem Artichokes, Secret to Happiness
Sent October 23rd 2009

Its been raining for about12 hours solid now, over an inch, and more to come. But we did get a brief, glorious Indian Summer earlier this week.Indian summer seems to mean different things in different parts of the country, but round these ...
Root for Winter Roots (and Pears)
Sent October 15th 2009

It's been a long week down in Congerville, my home town . . . and a very long weekend. Or a non-existent one -- if you equate weekend with time off work. We had harvested all day last Friday (in the cold rain) for the market. Dad laughed ...
Hot Peppers, Cold Nights, Abrupt Endings
Sent October 8th 2009

The now-or-never harvest season is upon us. If farmers had time to watch television, theyd be watching Desperate Harvesters.But instead, theyre living it.Henry and his farmhand, apprentices, and family are working desperately to get the cold-sensitiv...

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