From the Farm
Paying Attention
Friday’s first frost warning, just days after a record-setting hot Tuesday, felt significant. Maybe Mother Nature was asking, “We’re having a beautiful fall, but are you actually ready for it?”...
Paying Attention
Friday’s first frost warning, just days after a record-setting hot Tuesday, felt significant. Maybe Mother Nature was asking, “We’re having a beautiful fall, but are you actually ready for it?”...
Confidence Comes From Doing
The chicks in these photos are about a week old. Jeff's LEAF students hatched them. Next week, they’ll ride into Grayslake D127 High School classrooms along with the teens who...
Confidence Comes From Doing
The chicks in these photos are about a week old. Jeff's LEAF students hatched them. Next week, they’ll ride into Grayslake D127 High School classrooms along with the teens who...
Back to Our Roots: Cooking With the Fall Harvest
That gnarly beauty pictured above is celery root, or celeriac, the one we promised you in an earlier newsletter. It's a farm favorite. It has a mild celery flavor, and...
Back to Our Roots: Cooking With the Fall Harvest
That gnarly beauty pictured above is celery root, or celeriac, the one we promised you in an earlier newsletter. It's a farm favorite. It has a mild celery flavor, and...
Why We’re Gathering This Weekend
Before the sun is fully up, a row of heavy brown work hoodies hangs along the shed wall, waiting under a poster that asks What is Sustainability?. By mid-morning, those...
Why We’re Gathering This Weekend
Before the sun is fully up, a row of heavy brown work hoodies hangs along the shed wall, waiting under a poster that asks What is Sustainability?. By mid-morning, those...
Equal Parts Light and Dark
Yesterday afternoon, a monarch opened her wings on a stand of New England asters, sun catching her orange-and-black wing like stained glass. She's fueling up for a trip most of...
Equal Parts Light and Dark
Yesterday afternoon, a monarch opened her wings on a stand of New England asters, sun catching her orange-and-black wing like stained glass. She's fueling up for a trip most of...
Sage Wisdom
At every CSA pickup, someone ends up holding a kohlrabi and asking the person next to them what to do with it. We're rarely the first to answer. Usually another...
Sage Wisdom
At every CSA pickup, someone ends up holding a kohlrabi and asking the person next to them what to do with it. We're rarely the first to answer. Usually another...
