In February There Is Everything To Hope For And Nothing To Regret.
Ahhh, the ever increasing daily sunlight gives a farmer hope of good things to come!
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Chad Armentrout
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Beehive Cozies
It is a warm February day and the bees are out taking their flights. Let’s cross our fingers that the bees can make it through the rest...
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Chad Armentrout
Feb 6, 20190 min read
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 30, 20191 min read
Reformer and Apple Grower
If I knew the world would fall to pieces tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree. -Martin Luther
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 16, 20193 min read
The Strength of the Hills is not Ours
One day, I came across a quote from J.R.R. Tolkein, author of The Lord of the Rings, he wrote a letter to a friend, from which I will...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 13, 20192 min read
Bread From Stones
Previously, I posted an article about Rudolph Steiner and his prophecy that the honeybee would collapse. Steiner also talked about the...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 7, 20191 min read
Buying and Selling
"Every time you go to market you relive the story of Jack and the Beanstalk: you trade the family cow for worthless beans, but if you...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 6, 20191 min read
Root Cellars
A root cellar is an old technology. When most of mankind lived in rural areas before the age of electricity, a family had to find a way...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 6, 20191 min read
Wassailing
Wassailing is an old English folk custom going back hundreds of years. It is a ceremony that takes place in an apple orchard. Its...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 5, 20191 min read
Quote to Ponder
Winter is a season of recovery and preparation. Paul Thoreaux
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Chad Armentrout
Dec 31, 20181 min read
A Monk’s Life
When I was a history teacher, I was often asked what is my favorite time period? I always said Medieval Europe. My favorite part of...
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Chad Armentrout
Dec 30, 20181 min read
Quotes to Ponder
We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. -Wendell Berry
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Chad Armentrout
Dec 23, 20181 min read
Yellow Cab Night Market, Holiday Show, December, 2018.
I had a great time at the holiday market at the Yellow Cab. It was nice to meet all the many people who visited and bought from my table....
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Chad Armentrout
Dec 16, 20181 min read
Forms of Wealth
This is your task, the garlic says, this is your job, and you can have it as long as you can walk, as long as you can bend, as long as...
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Chad Armentrout
Nov 27, 20181 min read
“Garlic is as good as 10 mothers for keeping the girls (boys) away”
Old garlic saying pertaining to the potential troubles of young peoples relationships with the opposite gender from the viewpoint of mom....
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Chad Armentrout
Nov 22, 20180 min read
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Chad Armentrout
Nov 20, 20180 min read
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Chad Armentrout
Oct 25, 20180 min read
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Chad Armentrout
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Planting Garlic
My wife planting Russian Red Garlic in October 2018!
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Chad Armentrout
Oct 25, 20181 min read
10,000 Year Old Find!
While planting garlic, my wife found this projectile point. After some research, we believe it is a Kessell Point. It is from the...
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