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I had a lovely random day off. Hoosier Outsider and I decided to take the Future Farmkids to the Field Museum. So what’s the VFG connection? There was a nice little exhibit featuring the peanut king and organic farming pioneer George Washington Carver. Here’s an inspirational quote HO jotted down: “Start with what you haveContinue reading “Organic Farming Hero at Field Museum”

American Idol was OK tonight. I was hardly paying attention until David Cook performed Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean. He totally rocked . Who knew someone could put a rocker spin on a yippie Michael Jackson ’80s tune. So here’s my Farmgirl Confession…I was a HUGE Michael Jackson fan. I owned every biography, tapes and hadContinue reading “A Farmgirl Confession”

Big news on the Macy’s front…Frangos are going green. Doesn’t make up for Macy’s destroying the quality and history of Marshall Fields. And it doesn’t make up for Macy’s only returning a portion of Frango production to Chicago. But it is nice to see a big company embracing organic. Organic milk chocolate, cane sugar andContinue reading “Frango Mints Go Green”

Looking over Farmgirl Renee’s Sweet Earth Organic Farm site made me start craving heirloom tomatoes. Sounds like Renee knows her heirlooms too. She’s been farming organic for more than three decades in Wisconsin. But will Spring ever really arrive? I suppose it’s time for me to start some seeds on my kitchen window sill andContinue reading “Ready for Some Green, and a Splash of Yellow”

None of us could wait…especially me. I had given up candy (and Dunkin Donuts) for Lent, so it was near torture (though not quite nail-to-the-cross-and-die torture) to dream up and work on those Peep dioramas and not even get to lick my fingers. Future Farmgirl was first to unwrap a candy carrot hanging from herContinue reading “Peeps for Breakfast”

Sad news from Marion this morning. My fearless purple & gold lost the state championship last night after a dramatic buzzer shot by a senior from Brownsburg. Brownsburg kids can play basketball? Who knew. The Chronicle-Tribune reports senior forward Bulldog Gordon Hayward pushed up a last-second shot inside the paint, netting the team’s first stateContinue reading “So Close to Victory…Elusive 8 Slips from Giants' Grasp”

I was so happy this week to see my bulbs sprouting up in the backyard. Now? They’re buried under 4-6 inches of snow…and more’s on the way. The kids were actually on the sledding hill when I was walking home from work. So much for the first day of Spring. But the good news thisContinue reading “Snow, Sleet…Plus a Real Spring Surprise!”

Because I’m interested in not just farming, but ways to make a comfortable living on a sustainable farm, I am attracted to stories like this one in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune about Brian Goldenman and Dan Adamson who made $2 million in sales with their Farm Boy and Farm Girl apparel. Wow. That’s a lot ofContinue reading “'Hick to Hip' at a Store Near You”

If you know of any good blogs written by women (hint to family), you only have one more day to nominate them for inclusion in Women’s Voices top blogger list.

The Trib has a great story today about grass-fed meat, this time a Springy piece about fresh lamb from “local” farmers (I count 115 miles south of Chicago as local for this market). As much as I’m learning to enjoy lamb, I will say that I doubt I could raise and slaughter lamb. They areContinue reading “So Cute, So Tasty”