Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts in your Northern garden
I have been fascinated with raising peanuts in Northern Indiana for a number of years now. One variety has stood out in my trials: Tennessee Red Valencia. This Virginia-type peanut has produced good...
View ArticleCalorie Crops, Carbon Crops and Staple Crops
I thought I would take a crack at defining some commonly used terms around our farm. In an ongoing struggle to describe exactly what is the purpose of my business/passion, I find that these phrases get...
View ArticleSome Thoughts About Our Local Foodshed
I would like to share some ideas regarding our local food production here in Northern Indiana. When I think “local”, I am usually visualizing Elkhart County, but these ideas can be considered for all...
View ArticleNow at the Goshen Farmers Market
I am now selling our seed packets at the Goshen Farmers Market. I am there on Saturday mornings from 8 – 1. All the seeds listed on this website are available, plus I will also have a few rare...
View ArticleSummer Update 2014
I am astonished at how well the majority of my seed crops are doing given the consistent wet conditions this spring and early summer. I believe we are moving into drier, more manageable, weather...
View ArticleThe farmwork moves indoors
Here it is the beginning of November, and the first major snow is forecast for early next week. I scrambled all day yesterday to wrap up my outdoor work in relation to all the seed crops raised this...
View ArticleSome thoughts about growing ALL your own food.
I have spent a lot of time over the past 20 years pondering the idea of growing all my own food. Within the last couple of growing seasons, I have attacked this idea with a new fervor, having …...
View ArticleLate Winter Update, 2016
There is a noticeable change on my website for this coming spring; the absence of a list of plants intended for sale. This is no error. I am not selling plants this spring. As my involvement in variety...
View ArticleReady To Take Orders for the 2017 Growing Season!
As I sit here typing this, outside, we are having the first snow of the season. The cold weather has been a little later than normal, and a lot like getting my website updated with all the new seed...
View ArticleCalorie Crops, Carbon Crops and Staple Crops
I thought I would take a crack at defining some commonly used terms around our farm. In an ongoing struggle to describe exactly what is the purpose of my business/passion, I find that these phrases get...
View ArticleSome Thoughts About Our Local Foodshed
I would like to share some ideas regarding our local food production here in Northern Indiana. When I think “local”, I am usually visualizing Elkhart County, but these ideas can be considered for all...
View ArticleNow at the Goshen Farmers Market
I am now selling our seed packets at the Goshen Farmers Market. I am there on Saturday mornings from 8 – 1. All the seeds listed on this website are available, plus I will also have a few rare...
View ArticleSummer Update 2014
I am astonished at how well the majority of my seed crops are doing given the consistent wet conditions this spring and early summer. I believe we are moving into drier, more manageable, weather...
View ArticleThe farmwork moves indoors
Here it is the beginning of November, and the first major snow is forecast for early next week. I scrambled all day yesterday to wrap up my outdoor work in relation to all the seed crops raised this...
View ArticleSome thoughts about growing ALL your own food.
I have spent a lot of time over the past 20 years pondering the idea of growing all my own food. Within the last couple of growing seasons, I have attacked this idea with a new fervor, having …...
View ArticleLate Winter Update, 2016
There is a noticeable change on my website for this coming spring; the absence of a list of plants intended for sale. This is no error. I am not selling plants this spring. As my involvement in variety...
View ArticleReady To Take Orders for the 2017 Growing Season!
As I sit here typing this, outside, we are having the first snow of the season. The cold weather has been a little later than normal, and a lot like getting my website updated with all the new seed...
View ArticleReady to Take Orders for the 2018 Growing Season
This season I have expanded the selections of Upland Rice, Wheat and Barley. Improved grow outs have enabled me to offer larger packets of some items like the Hourani and Dika Wheat, as well as some of...
View ArticleNew Sources for Regionally Adapted Seeds
I wanted to take the opportunity to briefly share some exciting additions to locally sourced seed here in the Great Lakes/Midwest region. Over the past couple of years I have gotten a chance to meet...
View ArticleJin Yue Huang Soybean
This is a historical variety from China. I obtained my initial seed stock from Joseph Simcox in 2016. Jin Yue Huang is a fairly compact variety reaching 35″ tall and stays upright. The plants mature...
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