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Significance of 9
A garlic farmer handles each piece of garlic several times from planting, harvesting, and processing. It is a special moment to return...

Chad Armentrout
Oct 7, 20201 min read


Goldenrod Tea
Our local landscapes have bestowed many health benefitting and tasty treats in the form of wild plants. We will be offering Goldenrod...

Chad Armentrout
Sep 28, 20201 min read


Soaking the Garlic Seed
It is garlic planting time. Soaking your garlic seed for 10 minutes in vodka kills hidden mites, molds and fungus. The garlic is then...

Chad Armentrout
Sep 28, 20201 min read


Prepping the Garlic Beds
A beautiful day to prep the garlic beds. Garlic is planted in October and harvested in June.

Chad Armentrout
Sep 22, 20201 min read


Beeswax Candles
Breaking blocks of beeswax for candle making is a meditative experience. Burning a beeswax candle is as well! Beeswax candles: - Emit no...

Chad Armentrout
Jul 22, 20201 min read


Garlic and Salt
Garlic and Salt are historical powerhouses. An ancient Roman soldier was paid in Salt(Salar). It’s where we get the word salary. “Being...

Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read


Cover Crop
Discing under a mustard cover crop seed after the garlic harvest. May the rains return again very soon! Many farming families were told...

Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read


Bread, Spices, and Oil!
Bread, spices and oil are three foundations of civilization. They have sustained both body and soul throughout history. Our locally...

Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Crystalized Honey
Crystallized Honey Don’t think crystallized honey is bad! Actually, it is a sign that the honey contains all the good things, like pollen...

Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read


Hand Crafted Garlic Seasonings
Our 10 garlic seasonings are all handcrafted. They all have excellent flavor with no added preservatives, or anti-caking agents. Our...

Chad Armentrout
Jun 25, 20201 min read


Soil Test
Sending soil samples to the lab. The Law of the Minimum, states that if one of the essential plant nutrients is deficient, plant growth...

Chad Armentrout
Jun 24, 20201 min read


Holy Smoke!
The bellows smoker for beekeeping, invented by Quaker, Moses Quinby. He was an abolitionist, generous and a very honest man. The...

Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Local Honey!!!
Local Honey!!🐝🌻🐝 Friends and neighbors...We have been bestowed great gifts of land, air, and water in the Great Miami River Valley....

Chad Armentrout
May 2, 20201 min read


The Priceless Potato
The humble potato’s value to mankind is priceless. It was an insurance against starvation when the wheat crop failed. It was a crop...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 28, 20201 min read


Wood Chips and Apple Trees
An apple tree’s favorite environment is to grow along the forest edge. It’s roots love to feed off the decaying forest floor. We love...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 26, 20201 min read


Moth Trap
I thought I was setting traps for the moths in the orchard. No, I was providing the raccoons with a fruity sweet drink! The rascals...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 24, 20201 min read


Honey Cakes
Having a wife of Greek heritage has its culinary benefits! The ancient Greeks made honey cakes as an offering to their gods every first...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 22, 20201 min read


Civilization and Technology
Today, technology certainly has its benefits. Past technologies certainly had their charms. Take for instance, in Wales, back when they...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 18, 20201 min read


All Hail the Earthworm!
Cleopatra of ancient Egypt is well known for using her wiles to charm Antony and Caesar for physical and political survival. Her real...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 17, 20201 min read


Fingers Crossed
Have the recent freeze warnings got you worried about your fruit tree blooms? The science on critical temperatures for fruit trees is...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 15, 20201 min read
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