Last night, after the little ones were sleeping, we talked about how we’ve been working nonstop and we’re pretty exhausted, but we’re grateful. Grateful to have a healthy family, grateful to be here on this good piece of earth, grateful for the work. Ben said, “If we didn’t have all this work to do, we’d ...
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Spring days get pretty crazy around here. May is one of our busiest months of the year at Wheatberry, and also a busy time on the farm, of course. In our town, May is just the beginning of being able to put plants outside, not to mention all the field prep to be done, and ...
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I’m a little later than usual with both of these, but it was one of those weeks.  (Have I mentioned that Gabriel has four teeth coming in?  So you can guess how well I’m sleeping, lol.) Nonetheless, I am grateful.  Grateful for all the sunshine we’ve been soaking up.  Grateful for how my two little ...
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It’s one of our favorite times of year.  The light is coming back, the air is still crisp and fresh but the sun warms us.  Our pantry is filled with trays of soil blocks (our favorite way to start seeds indoors – no ridiculous plastic trays, plus it works way better) and planted seeds – ...
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I have been feeling, these days, incredibly be blessed to be here, in our beloved Valley, enjoying the tender new spring.  This time of year, driving past other greening farms, I wonder how anyone could choose to live anywhere else, or live any other kind of life. In June, sometimes, in the crazy scramble to ...
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I want to take a moment here to thank Arnie Voehringer: Master farmer, mentor, farming partner, friend, all around cool guy, and many many things to many many people…too many to name here, but Arnie has taken me and Adam under his wing these past two years and given us so much of his time, ...
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(photo by Jim Sims, Mississippi 2008) If you are a Wheatberry regular, you may remember coming to our store this time last year, only to find a sign on the door that we were in Mississippi for a funeral.  My maternal grandmother, Janie Sims, passed away very unexpectedly last September, just after a very lucky ...
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