prairiefruitsOct 30, 20205 minEmbracing the wind down, Final outdoor market and "Goaty Halloween"Farm News The sun is shining, and the opportunistic flies are buzzing about, taking advantage of the pockets of warm air inside the...
prairiefruitsOct 22, 20206 minBring in the cow milk, market offerings and farm happeningsFarm News There’s a finiteness to a goat’s lactation. Our girls have been putting it out twice a day since early March and based on the...
prairiefruitsOct 15, 20206 minWhen the trees lose their leaves, Market offerings, Farm happeningsFarm News There has been an abruptness to the onset of color in the tree leaves this year. The greens faded to 70’s era golden yellow and...
prairiefruitsOct 8, 20207 minHarvest time in flatland, market offerings and farm happeningsFarm News The combines have been rolling over the wide-open fields, gobbling up dangling soybean pods and leaving behind a fine stubble...
prairiefruitsOct 2, 20207 minFull moon over fecundity, Market offerings, Farm HappeningsFull moon over fecundity, market offerings and farm happenings Farm News The bucks’ raisôn d’ètre has finally arrived, coinciding with...
prairiefruitsSep 25, 20206 minAmish envy, Market offerings, Farm happeningsFarm News We live less than 50 miles from the Illinois Amish community in Arthur. Over the years, we have collaborated with members of...
prairiefruitsSep 17, 20206 minLiberty: a goat life well lived, market & farm offeringsFarm News This week we lost our beloved Liberty, our senior citizen goat. She was the longest-lived goat on the farm. At the astonishing...
prairiefruitsSep 11, 20206 minPreparing for breeding, Market Offerings, Farm HappeningsFarm News The heat and the drought finally gave way to some much needed rain this past week. While our fiery red sunsets bear witness to...
prairiefruitsAug 27, 20205 minFinding beauty in the minutiae, Get Your Victory Cheese On, Farm & Market OfferingsFarm News There’s an upside to our inevitable late-summer declines in milk production: I can slow my pace and take time to observe. I can...
prairiefruitsAug 20, 20205 minThe ambivalence of august, Victory Cheese in the news, Farm & Market OfferingsFarm News The endless sun-drenched days and the shag carpet of green blanketing the landscape seduce. The perfection of red ripe tomatoes...
prairiefruitsJul 24, 20205 minA world apart, Market & Farm OfferingsFarm News My days are tightly programed. From the moment I open my eyes in the early morning to the time I drag myself to bed, my...