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Making a Culinary Connection

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Imagine flipping open a menu and seeing your farm fare featured. Make that dream a reality by becoming a chef farmer with these tips.

Winter Hunger Pangs

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The official first day of winter falls on December 21, still several weeks away as I write this, but you would never know it from our weather here in western Washington.

Goodbye, Turkeys

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I miss my turkeys. Kelsey tries to ease my guilt over their new residence (the freezer) by reminding me that if any of us had collapsed unconscious in their pasture, the flock probably would have pecked our skeletons clean within minutes, piranha-style. But I still miss them, peckishness, garden-raiding, and all.

Creating Your Quilt Foundation

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Download these instructions to create patchwork squares using the foundation method, and make your quilt more manageable.

Patchwork of Memories

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Follow the journey of constructing a crazy quilt to honor the memory of a loved one.

Country Cards

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I’m not fond of these shorter, soggier, colder, darker days, but I can think of one good thing about them: they give me the perfect excuse to stay inside where it’s warm, dry and lamplit, and get crafty.

Cultivating Connections

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Deepen your friendships with collaborations among generations of hobby farmers.

Holiday Food with a Twist

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Before you plan an all-out traditional menu this Thanksgiving, surprise your guests with a twist. Kate Savage shares her all-time-favorite recipe stoked with winter veggies.

Celebrate National Cat Day

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According to the National Cat Day website, tomorrow—October 29—is (how did you guess?) National Cat Day.

A Walk in the Country

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You might think after two decades of walking these same country roads surrounding our farm that I’d be bored out of my skull, but it hasn’t happened yet.

Woodland Projects

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Make use of woodland property with these simple crafts using materials from your farm’s forest floor.

Farm Dogs on Holiday

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Have you given your farm dog (or dogs) some love recently?

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