Month: November 2023

November 27, 2023 The Power of Gratitude in Improving Health and Well-being – Dr. Isaac Eliaz The Power of Gratitude in Improving Health and Well-being In this weekly article by Dr. Eliaz (I encourage you to subscribe to his uplifting newsletters) talks about the science of how being grateful improves health and seeing the downside…

November 20, 2023 Thanksgiving Folks often have a favorite holiday. The top of the charts for me is Thanksgiving. This is the holiday after which the farm takes a radical turn. The crops are all harvested except a few hoophouse items that we will share with the voles over the early winter, the pigs are…

November 13, 2023 The Big Pick There is one day each year where we have to double down and accomplish the “big pick.” This is the date after which it was too late to pick the remaining field crops if we want to pass them out in the CSA. And it was this past Friday.…

I am not sure how many holes we have dug here at MHOF over the past 41 years. From fence posts (these have to be very deep), to making rows for row cropped seeds, or holes for potatoes, fruit trees, berries, graves for dogs and cats that have passed, or holes dug in order to…