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My View from the Ramparts: Farming in the age of COVID-19
The past couple of months has been a strange time here at Innisfree, as I know it has been for everyone during this time of social isolation and pandemic outbreak. What’s been strangest for us is how relatively little our … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Life, Philosophy
Tagged challenges, Choices, covid, covid-19, Experiments, farm life, Farming, goals, Lessons, Ohio, Outcomes, pandemic, readiness, Self-sufficiency, smallhold, social distancing
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The Roastery at Innisfree: 2019 in review
Well, 2019 at the Roastery at Innisfree has come to a close. It wasn’t a huge year, but it wasn’t a small one either. I roasted 161 pounds of green coffee, 27 of which I drank myself. My primary outlet was the Miami County Locally Grown Virtual Market followed by direct sales. My top four … Continue reading “2019 in review” Continue reading
Posted in Coffee
Tagged Coffee, pounds drunk, pounds roasted, Roasting, top varieties, Year in review
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The Rambling Road: Plant-based
Over the past several months, I’ve made a significant pivot in my diet toward eating more plants. This isn’t to suggest I’ve become a vegetarian because I still eat meat, but I do so less frequently and in less quantity … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged diabetes, diet, exercise, Fasting, goals, intermittent fasting, Plant-based, plants, weight
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Wordcraft by Dennis L Hitzeman: 2020 Incoming
I have high hopes for 2020. I have several projects in various states of progress I plan to work on this year, and my hope is that you will see some of that effort here in the coming months. If … Continue reading → Continue reading
My View from the Ramparts: Heading in to 2020
The past few years have been tumultuous ones for me here at Innisfree for a variety of reasons. I got really sick and am just now at the point where I am recovering. In the meantime, we ended our Angus … Continue reading → Continue reading
