by Melanie Hardy | Dec 10, 2018 | From the Field
A poem for this exact moment: Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today I read a Korean poem with the line “Today you are the youngest you will ever be.” Today I am the oldest I have been. Today we drink buckwheat tea. Today I have heat in my apartment. Today...
by Melanie Hardy | Oct 29, 2018 | From the Field
Hello all! For those of you who don’t know, at the conclusion of this year, my Assistant Manager for the past two years, the fabulous Ember Fleming, will be stepping into my role as Farm Manager at Stearns. I’m excited to move onto my new adventures,...
by Melanie Hardy | Oct 15, 2018 | From the Field
On Saturday, I was walking around the fields admiring the amount we’d already gotten into cover crop and feeling so good about the fact that we hadn’t double cropped very much land—that is, planted successive crops on the same land within the same...
by Melanie Hardy | Sep 23, 2018 | From the Field
I am a huge fan of the new Splendid Table host, Francis Lam. He brings a fresh perspective to a podcast/radio show that I’ve always loved. Today, I listened while I batch-cooked two casseroles and some roasted delicata squash for our meals this week, and I was...
by Melanie Hardy | Sep 17, 2018 | From the Field
Heads up on this week’s honey sale, our annual Early Bird summer share deal, one last note about the PYO flower garden, and one of my favorite ways to eat green tomatoes: Honey For Sale This Week Arthur, who keeps bees here at Stearns and around this area,...
