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Tomato Sauce from Farm-Frozen Tomatoes

Created by Jennifer Peck @JenZenLiving I’m delighted to share this enriched tomato sauce made with preserved farm produce, including dried eggplant, kale, and frozen parsley, peppers and tomatoes, straight from MHOF. Paired with baked spaghetti squash from Dan’s farm, this recipe keeps the farm’s bounty alive through winter. It brings me great joy to continue […]

Politics

There were a handful of us out picking kale on Friday and I asked everyone who they would vote for. It was an interesting cross-section – 2 for Trump, one for Harris, one for Stein and one for Kennedy. What was impressive to me is that we were all talking happily about this and that […]

Kaleidoscope

Afnaan from Clarke U and I were sitting on the grass eating lunch Friday and discussing his parents’ country of origin – India, and agreeing that India is a kaleidoscope of colors, and noises, and people, landscapes, mammoth cities, and vehicles, etc. I feel this past week has been the same here on the farm: […]

It Doesn’t get much better

As I think back over the week and the tens of folks who passed through our front door, it is a kaleidoscope of fond memories and appreciation for so much labor on behalf of this farm. Those who have come here for a while might notice that I am more organized each day and thus […]

The First Frost

As we were picking tomatoes off of vines on Friday to prepare for the numerous frosty nights this week, my 42 memories of the first frosts of the fall all came tumbling back. Last minute was the theme in the past, and to be fair to me back then, I don’t think it was as […]