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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: So, I’m still here and kicking
It’s been quite a year at Innisfree on the Stillwater. After more than two years of health struggles, we decided to sell off our cattle herd and change directions some. Our 90 acres of crop ground is now certified organic, … Continue reading → Continue reading
Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Ten years in the trenches
It’s been a while since I’ve written here, though the story has been going on. It’s also been ten years since I took on running this farm as my primary occupation, an event that deserves at least some remark. To … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming
Tagged Anniversaries, determination, Farming, hard work, realities
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Agriculture is still a strange game a quarter of a century on…
It turns out that I will have been doing work related to agriculture for 25 years this year and will have been doing it full time for a decade this August. It’s strange to imagine having done anything for that … Continue reading → Continue reading
Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Taming a tangled wilderness
We’re unusually free with sharing our successes and failures here at Innisfree on the Stillwater, a fact that is intentional and purposeful rather than naive and dramatic. You see, our desire, along with giving people access to quality, sustainably grown … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Philosophy
Tagged Animals, arrogance, challenges, Choices, Experiments, failures, Farming, knowledge, Lessons, Morality, risks, sharing
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: A state of mind
For me, the biggest downside of farming is that my health doesn’t always agree with it, mostly in the form of sometimes debilitating allergies. People often ask me why I keep doing it knowing that I will periodically subject myself … Continue reading → Continue reading
