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Farmhouse World Kitchen Relaunch Reopen Th 8/11
The restaurant is empty, but not for long! After weeks of high impact living on the gas fumes of a misfiring heart, rest has become the...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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On Life, Lemons, Low Heart Beat & Thanks to Earl Bakken
Earl Bakken - co-founder of Medtronic and inventor of the battery powered wearable pacemaker. While I'd like this post to be all about...
Sarah Brenner
Jul 27, 20227 min read
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A Picture Paints A Thousand Words
Isabel Subtil, photographer extraordinaire, caught me in a moment of "I'll be damned." Actually, I think she said something like, "give...
Sarah Brenner
Jul 19, 20222 min read
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Farmhouse World Kitchen Launch
9/10/23 Added Note to previous blog post: If you stumbled across this page, please note that Sarah is no longer running the Farmhouse...
Sarah Brenner
Jul 13, 20221 min read
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Almost Ready to LAUNCH
Here's the sign you'll see on our building hopefully within a week or so. Here's the dining room where you can take in the Plum City...
Sarah Brenner
Jul 5, 20221 min read
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Punctuation Marks Farm Life
Here's a comma dividing one of the many subordinate clauses of farm life. This cat showed up on the farm (was it last summer or the...
Sarah Brenner
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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Been Workin' Myself to the Bone
I have a hole in my work pants that came from actual work! Nowadays, women's jeans are sold with holes carefully placed in the fabric,...
Sarah Brenner
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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Poor Flossy's Almanac and Lessons Learned Today from 7-9am
I figure Benjamin Franklin must have been living through some tough times watching folks around him struggle. Wisdom comes with age,...
Sarah Brenner
Jun 1, 20223 min read
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An Ode to the Zen and Art of Painting
Soon, very soon, the Farmhouse World Kitchen will be at the point where BIG painting is done and only touch-up after equipment install...
Sarah Brenner
May 25, 20222 min read
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Can She Make It Through The Spring?
William told me Spring was hard as a farmer. If I could make it through the Spring, understanding that there is no time for anything...
Sarah Brenner
May 18, 20222 min read
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I love you Plum City
(Sandwich boards made by our neighbor, Samantha Novek - Thank YOU, Sammie! These will be standing outside the restaurant announcing menu...
Sarah Brenner
May 10, 20223 min read
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Farm On and HOPE it Warms Up
I know, I know, everyone is complaining about the weather, so I guess it's not worth the wind to go bellowing on about how cold, windy,...
Sarah Brenner
May 4, 20223 min read
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Perfectly Imperfect
As a recovering perfectionist, I find great comfort in the perfectly imperfect. I learned a few years back, that it's just not possible...
Sarah Brenner
Apr 26, 20223 min read
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Watch Your Step
There is A LOT going on out here on the farm despite the very crappy weather! William has been feeling very boxed in unable to get...
Sarah Brenner
Apr 20, 20222 min read
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Do you Tea Time on the Flyway?
This week, with all of these April showers sure to bring May flowers, I decided it was time to dig into my bags of dried herbs and...
Sarah Brenner
Apr 13, 20222 min read
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Do You Choose Your Own Work?
That's a lot of pressure, eh? This was Grandma's tongue-in-cheek saying for keeping the kids on task. The idea of work has been on my...
Sarah Brenner
Apr 6, 20223 min read
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Burn Piles or Hugelkultur?
It's that time of year when we're all itching to get outside, clean up the perennial landscaping and fantasize about this year's kitchen...
Sarah Brenner
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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Maple & Mud Madness
Once March in Wisconsin comes around all you hear are things like, "Get your trees tapped?" "How many you tap this year?" "Your trees...
Sarah Brenner
Mar 23, 20224 min read
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How to elevate your COOL FACTOR when it comes to grocery shopping
Do you get depressed grocery shopping? Do the piles of junk food destined to clog some poor soul's heart or spike their blood sugar...
Sarah Brenner
Mar 16, 20225 min read
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Let the SYRUPING Begin!
The forecast looks great to open the farm store this weekend! We'll be open (March 12-13) Saturday and Sunday 9-5, and if the timing is...
Sarah Brenner
Mar 8, 20221 min read
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