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Giving Thanks
I have mixed emotions about Thanksgiving. When I was little, there were a few years when it was somehow magical. My aunts would spend the...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 25, 20203 min read
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A Reflective Practitioner
As a teacher, the idea of being a reflective practitioner is ingrained as an obvious part of the job. If you introduce a new project to a...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 18, 20206 min read
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Bedding for the Buddies
I know right, back to wondering, what the heck? I thought I understood hay and straw, but what's this? What are all these round bales on...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 11, 20203 min read
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Opening the Vista
For those of you in the city, you may not realize that this is the name of the game right now - for farmers, anyway. The combines are...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 4, 20202 min read
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Farm Stay Anyone?
We've decided to once again rent the Dirt Farm for vacation rental. I've been in a mad dash this week getting it in shape for renters;...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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Winter Concerto I've Got the Solo
Yes, winter entered Fransconsin in its first concerto movement with slow discordant flurries that dusted our just-fallen maple leaves...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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Lake View Organic Farm Grows CBD
Been hearing more and more about CBD? Well, before we decided to grow it for the first time in 2019, I had never heard of it myself. This...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 14, 20206 min read
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Farm Hospitality
(Our neighbors, Pearson Cattle and their sweet Simmentals out on new lush pasture.) In my experience, there is nothing like the...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 7, 20204 min read
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Predators and gunshots: Will there be harmony?
Photo from a neighbor's trail camera mid-September, 2020 The predators have been seen...and heard! A number of bobcats, mountain lions...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 30, 20206 min read
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Never A More Beautiful Fall - PEAK
We are most definitely PEAKING this week out here in Fransconsin! I have never seen such spectacular color. Not being a big lover of...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 23, 20205 min read
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A Tale of Two Farms
As many of you know, William and I married a little over a year ago. We were neighbors before a married couple, so had our separate...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 16, 20202 min read
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Nifty Gifties
It must be the weather because it is only September, and I am thinking about the winter holidays! The weekend weather out here at the...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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Sunday, September 6th FARM STORE CLOSED
Sorry for the late notice, but we will be closed Sunday, September 6th. It's been a busy summer, and we have the opportunity to safely...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 5, 20201 min read
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Victory Gardens Making You Crazy?
This time of year if you have more than one tomato plant, you are likely feeling insane pressure, to pick and process, pick and process,...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 2, 20204 min read
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Farm to Farm Walking Tours 8/29 and 8/30
I'd like to invite you to join me for a farm to farm walking tour. Besides getting exercise, making new friends, discussing health and...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Eating Better and the American Diet
This week I want to propose that the Farm Store help you with your menu planning. I have devised a five-day menu with lots of what you...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 26, 20207 min read
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That's not a cow! A tutorial of terms - from a Dummy!
Well, true. That's actually a goat in the middle of the herd. But, if you were to think, as I tend to, "Hey, look at those cows!" you'd...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 19, 20204 min read
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Sunflower-Strong Summer
These babies are looking fantastic! Despite a rogue storm last Saturday night, these little cuties are still reaching for the skies. We...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 12, 20202 min read
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Farm News & Updates
A BIG THANKS First and foremost, for those of you who have been coming to the farm these last few months to see the seasons roll by and...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 5, 20205 min read
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Sunflower Oil for Love and Health - And a Destination for FUN
How Sarah and William Met Back in 2014 or so, I got involved with the Lake Pepin Local Food Group excited to find a way into the food...
Sarah Brenner
Jul 29, 20202 min read
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