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The Phone Call We Dread
“You aren’t asleep, are you?” It was 10:15 Sunday night and my neighbor Mike was calling. I knew it wouldn’t be good news. “Your cows are up next to my barn. A big group of them.” And there goes a …
Soil Needs Animals
I need to become a better communicator about soil. It is a topic that few people outside of farming give much thought to. With its biological and chemical complexity, it is challenging to condense the ideas down to an easily-grasped …
Turkey Leftovers and a Turkey Cacciatore Recipe
When my mom and I made the Thanksgiving turkey roast video, I found I had a lot of extra outtakes after editing, and one of those included a discussion of leftovers. So I figured this weekend would be a good …
Customizing the Tractor Loader: Video
Sometimes the farm life isn’t all pastures and soil. It often involves fixing the farm equipment. We only have one tractor, so we’re not as caught up in engines and wrenches as a more mechanized farm, but we still manage …
Defrosting a Pasture Raised Turkey
After I wrote last week’s blog post answering the question of how long a raw turkey can be kept in the fridge, I realized I should have started with a more fundamental topic: how should we defrost a frozen pasture …
Soil Testing At Wrong Direction Farm: Video
This week we walked the pastures with a soil probe and a bucket, collecting core samples. On our farm all the soils are similarly composed of clay and silt, but there are variations between the fields. Soil sampling will allow …
Soil Testing At Wrong Direction Farm: Video
This week we walked the pastures with a soil probe and a bucket, collecting core samples. On our farm all the soils are similarly composed of clay and silt, but there are variations between the fields. Soil sampling will allow …
How Long Can I Keep Raw Pasture Raised Turkey In My Refrigerator?
If you are like me, you want to defrost your Thanksgiving turkey with plenty of time to ensure that when you start the cooking on Thursday, everything will be ready to go. But a question I’ve heard repeatedly is: how …
Roasting a Turkey With My Mom
My mom has been roasting a turkey for Thanksgiving almost every year, starting that tradition about the time I was born. And many years she cooks an extra turkey or two for other occasions. I thought, with her decades of …
Recipe: Hard Cider and Leek-Braised Pastured Chicken Thighs
Chef Katy Sparks crafted a cozy meal of chicken thighs using garden herbs, leeks, and a bottle of dry cider. This takes simple, local ingredients and arranges them into a fine meal. I love that this recipe is so approachable …