Food & Farm Notes for Henry's Farm Friends
Food and Farm Notes: A weekly peek at what's happening on Henry's Farm and what's coming to market, and what to do with it (with a side helping of poetry, science, philosophy, and what have you)
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Eggs Again - Fully Awake
Sent April 17th 2008What a wonderful first sandal-wearing day of spring this was --a perfect day to fling off whatever stingy, wintry, bah-humbug-ish tendencies you may have, and embrace life anew v What a wonderful first sandal-wearing day of spring this was --a perfect day...
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Spring EGGS (duck and chicken) this Sat.
Sent March 27th 2008Hello again, and greetings from the farm. It's been a real winter down in Congerville, with plenty of ice and snow, and a lingering cold, wet spring . . . but Henry's greenhouse is getting greener by the day with seedlings that will soon be transplant...
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Winter Work and Lucky Ducks
Sent December 7th 2007Early this morning, I woke to a world that was one multifaceted jewel with every surface glinting – silver in the shade, gold where the sun was striking Food & Farm Notes December 7, 2007 Early this morning, I woke to a world that was one multifaceted je...
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GREENS, and much more, at Pre-Thanksgiving Market
Sent November 16th 2007F&FN Potatoes / Lettuce b FARM NOTES: *Last market at last . . .// We have once again traveled with you from spring equinox to summer solstice to autumn equinox . . . and as we wind up yet another growing season, old bittersweet feelings return. There i...
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Last Market: Hot Horseradish; Frosty Kisses
Sent November 2nd 2007F&FN Potatoes / Lettuce b FARM NOTES: *And it’s a hard. it’s a hard, it’s a hard . . . / Frost gonna fall . . ./ b Yup. This very night could be the fifth night of hard frost for us. It all started last Saturday night, then Sunday night, and Monday t...
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Last Peppers, First Green Tomatoes, and a Potato Special
Sent October 25th 2007F&FN Potatoes / Lettuce *g FARM NOTES:* *fall at last* Until this week, October seemed, still, the high familiar endless summer … but now there is a glint of silver in the chill mornings and the cupped hands of milkweed husks stand emptied of their silke...
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Addendum: Raspberries, Hedge Apples, Humanities!
Sent October 19th 2007Hello again from your friendly family of central Illinois farmers I just got back from an evening meeting to find a bit of late-breaking news . . . while Teresa is going to visit her daughter Gabby up at Macalester this weekend, Teresa’s friend Michael, w...
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Food & Farm Notes: Third to Last Market!
Sent October 18th 2007Food & Farm Notes *x FARM NOTES: just-in-time autumn rains* The nice inch of rain that fell about three weeks ago led Henry to put away all the irrigation equipment, thinking this was the start of our normal autumn rains. But instead of rain, we got a f...
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Food & Farm Notes for Henry's Farm Friends Message
Sent October 12th 2007Food & Farm Notes *x FARM NOTES: * Frost Alert It finally happened – all in one week – from 90-degree days just last weekend, to predicted low 30s for tonight. This means we’ve reached the end of the road for basil and okra and the non-greenhouse tomat...
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Food & Farm Notes for Henry's Farm Friends Message
Sent October 5th 2007FARM NOTES: Overwhelming Green and Peripatetic Pumpkins FARM NOTES:* *Overwhelming Green and Peripatetic Pumpkins* As you may recall, we were somewhat desperate for rain last week. The 70% chance we were so hopeful about yielded only a tenth of an inch....
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