Monthly Archives: October 2011

Innisfree Farm: Saying “so long” to Allis

Posted on October 12, 2011 by kmhitzeman

Today marks the end of an era – we officially retired Allis, our Allis-Chalmers 190XT tractor (the banner on this page and the mascot of Innisfree Farm). Up until recently, she was the go-to tractor for just about everything. But … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: 10-10 Challenge 2011 Update

Posted on October 11, 2011 by dlhitzeman

If you’ve been watching farmers over the past few weeks, you may have noticed that the fall harvest has just started. What that means is that they’re going to plant their fall wheat later than normal. You may have discovered the same thing about your own planting, and that’s ok. I haven’t planted my fall [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: We’re all really dirt farmers

Posted on October 5, 2011 by dlhitzeman

Whether we all like it or not, we’re all dirt farmers. You don’t think so? Well, consider this the next time you’re sitting on the pot: you’re finishing the process whereby your body turns the food you have eaten into energy, nutrients, and dirt from which more food can be grown, even if we don’t [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: Show me the money

Posted on October 3, 2011 by dlhitzeman

Sometimes its easy to get lost in encouraging people to grow their own food and forget that this stuff still costs money. As idealistic as we may all want to be, at some point we have to pay the bills. It turns out paying the bills may not be as hard as you might think. [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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