Tag Archives: Farming

Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Taming a tangled wilderness

Posted on 1 September 2016 by dlhitzeman

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 →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: A state of mind

Posted on 21 June 2016 by dlhitzeman

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 →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Grass farming

Posted on 8 June 2016 by dlhitzeman

So, after a long hiatus, I’ve decided to reboot this blog. When doing so, it’s often hard to know where to start, so I decided to start with the question we get asked most often: Why don’t we mow our grass? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Swinging for the fences

Posted on 22 June 2015 by dlhitzeman

The one part of our farming adventure at Innisfree on the Stillwater that has dogged us since the beginning is the fact that we have continued to lease our 100 acres of tillage ground, mostly for the sake of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: On animals and worldviews

Posted on 21 January 2015 by dlhitzeman

I suspect that one of the driving forces of the greatest changes in society over the past 100 years versus the past several millenia has been specific movement of people away from caring for food animals. One cannot help but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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