Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Pie-Pita Squash With the cooler weather coming on, we have been dreaming of warm, cozy meals to enjoy at home. All of these recipes are such a celebration of the harvest—featuring at least one major storage vegetable that can be enjoyed well into the winter. Stock up! This year, we grew Pie-Pita pumpkins for the first time. They are exactly like they sound—a pie pumpkin with…

With September swiftly approaching, the vegetables you might see at the farmer’s market are starting to look a little different. Cucumbers, zucchini, and basil are going out of season while colorful peppers, leeks, and fall greens begin to come into season. With some new veggies…

Some of my personal favorite outlets for our produce are local restaurants! We feel really lucky to have formed great relationships with some local restaurants who truly appreciate the value of sourcing local produce when possible. We love to sing their praises because every time…

We wanted to provide a guide to the tomatoes we’re growing this year so that you can identify peak ripeness!  This year, we are growing three different large tomato varieties.  Cherokee Carbon Grown from a cross between two great-tasting heirloom tomato varieties. This is considered…

I’m learning that one of the most difficult questions to answer as a new farmer is, “How are things going on the farm?” On a small, diverse vegetable farm like ours there are so many things going on at one time that I have found…

Slow Sundays Some of you have asked if we take a break after the busy Saturday Decorah Farmer’s Market. The answer is… sort of! To be honest, after the market, we usually go home and take a nice long nap then return to do some…

The soil is just beginning to really warm and therefore things are starting to get busy on the farm. Our friend, Emma Spencer, who we met last year in the Organic Farm School program, came for a visit. Thanks to her perfect timing, we were…

Midwest spring is definitely here. And by that, I mean the kind of spring that comes and goes, teasing us with all kinds of weather: warm, blustery, dreary, and rainy with a smattering of snow here and there to keep us guessing. We don’t always…