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Farming? Gardening? Playing?

We “farm” enough for our own consumption, to give away to friends, and have some leftover to feed guests and experiment with some unique products to go on sale soon. The very small scale allows us to do much of the farming by hand, which also means that we have little need to purchase the …

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Posted byKevinOctober 10, 2011Posted inUncategorized

Help Wanted (“Will you be my friend?”, asks Mona)

Help Wanted. Pass it on, please. Permalink To This Post We are finally getting around to applying for status as an official WWOOFer host (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) – despite the fact that our farm will soon be covered with snow for six months. Of course you need not be a paying WWOOF member …

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Posted byKevinOctober 6, 2011Posted inUncategorized

Mommy’s Banana Sunflower Bread, Anyone?

Watch out world. Lil’ Debbie step aside. The banana-sunflower bread market will never be the same with our new spokes model. (It was some dang good bread too!)

Posted byKevinOctober 6, 2011Posted inUncategorized

Mitsukuri, Soba, Aspara

Went for a jog the other day to get some photos of Mitsukuri hamlet, just a ten minute walk from my house, but I have been there only a few times since the earthquake wiped out the the road on the other side of the hamlet, ruining one of my favorite biking roads with great …

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Posted byKevinOctober 1, 2011Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Mitsukuri, Soba, Aspara

More on the Rice

More from the rice harvest. You may think the ninja would be a big help because she should be handy with various blades. Think again. I am proud to say that even though I am not a ninja myself, I am hands down the fasted with an ine-kama. Next week is dakkoku time so I …

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Posted byKevinSeptember 29, 2011Posted inUncategorized

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