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Author: fullheartsdirtroads

A Taste of Agriculture

Posted on 18 Mar 202119 Mar 2021 by fullheartsdirtroads

1994: Gram rummaged around clumsily in a kitchen cabinet and came out with a square, lidless Tupperware container. “Take this,” she said, handing it to me. “Just get the reddest ones.” She took a few hobbled steps across the linoleum floor to the back porch door and pointed a wrinkled index finger at the three … Continue reading A Taste of Agriculture →

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a field of more than pumpkins

Posted on 29 Oct 202029 Oct 2020 by fullheartsdirtroads

JOY. Where have you found it, in the midst of a pandemic? My family found it in a field. In the midst of the summer and fall of Covid-19, we found abundant, unwavering joy in a pumpkin field. Not that we don't have plenty to be grateful for and joyful about, but this field has … Continue reading a field of more than pumpkins →

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pausing for the snow & the season

Posted on 22 Feb 2020 by fullheartsdirtroads

For several weeks now I've been trying to write about springtime, and what spring means to farmers. I feel in my bones that mid-winter yearning for warmer weather, the resurrection of life in the trees, flowers, and crops, the taller and later shadows of longer days, and glorious fresh air. But as much as I … Continue reading pausing for the snow & the season →

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Know Your Farmer: Part II

Posted on 8 Feb 2020 by fullheartsdirtroads

Remember when I cornered Matt and made him answer some farmer questions for us (see Part 1: #knowyourfarmer {maybe better than you wanted}) and a few of you fawned over him and his farmer ways? (I guess he is pretty great 🙂 ) Well, I'm back with some more questions for him. As we start the … Continue reading Know Your Farmer: Part II →

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goodnight, January

Posted on 1 Feb 2019 by fullheartsdirtroads

I can see January from our front porch. It's the field in front of our house, that starts where the slope of the front yard ends; void of any crops, brown with mud and mowed-over grass, untouched by a tractor since October. It's the blanket of frost on the yard and the field and the … Continue reading goodnight, January →

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