Sometimes, I think, we all wonder why we work so hard, doing whatever it is that our hearts drive us to do.  And then someone (a generous and lovely CSA member, in this case) shows up unexpectedly to give you a hand-woven, gorgeous dish towel.  And then you remember.
Below are the wheat trials we've got ...
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I wanted to share more photos from our small farm in Shutesbury, particularly of the grain trials we're doing.  Here are the oats, and some spring-planted Glenn wheat:
 
I had planned a lot more photos for this post, but had so many wonderful visitors at the bakery today that I didn't have time to get ...
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Rain rain and more . . . rain.  I'm having some deja vu of last summer, but this summer at least, we're better prepared to bring in the grain, no matter what the weather.  Ben is hard at work preparing a summer newsletter, with lots more on this, so I won't steal his thunder.  But ...
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Well, to back up a bit . . . I'd like to share some photos from the CSA bean planting last month, taken by the lovely Alice Flood Posner, who works down at the New England Small Farm Institute. 

This is farmer Adam Dole, loading the bean seeds.
 
And here's the John Deere, getting ...
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A few images from our weekend . . .

Wheat!  This is in our kitchen garden, right outside our back door, and was really just a test run of our new seeder.  But here it is, beautiful, as tall as Ella, and almost ready to harvest.  Perhaps we'll have enough to make . . . ...
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Starting this week, we have fresh kale chips to serve with our sandwiches at Wheatberry.  I thought I'd share the recipe.  To begin, take one toddler out to the garden fresh with some much-needed rain

Pick tender young kale leaves (or get some from your local farmer – preferably the smaller young leaves).  Spread on ...
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The frenzy of summer is starting, at least at our farm.  It's always hard for us to remember that since we're a mere 1,000 feet higher than Amherst/Hadley, our plants get going a little slower.  We go to the farmer's market and think, "Oh no- our onions aren't that big yet!"  But yesterday Ella and ...
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