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Wouldn’t We All Love a Master Plan?

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People ask what happens on the farm during the winter. The answer is a lot: planning, budgeting, and purchasing new equipment. Since Flynn Creek Farm is still so new to us, our planning is on two levels.  The first is for the short term – what are we going to do next season? We…
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The Dis-ease

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The essay "The Dis-ease" previously appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Many years back my doctor prescribed genetic screening because of a history of cancer in my family.  A finding that had been inconclusive seven years ago was now raising some…
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The Dining: Are We What We Eat?

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Can anyone really know where their food comes from? One way is to grow it yourself or acquire it from a local CSA or farmer’s market. Some might say limiting one’s diet to that degree equates to deprivation. Sure, it means giving up bananas and avocados for those of us in northern…
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The Harvest

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The essay "The Harvest" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Despite the delays and the drought and the infrastructure challenges, the veggies were planted in the field. The beds were weeded, watered, and well-tended. For the past month beautiful…
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The Planting

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The essay "The Planting" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! On a day when the news is filled with stories of AI destroying humanity, planting lettuce is a good antidote. Farming, after all, is a grand gesture of hope. On my hands and…
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The Water

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The essay "The Water" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! When we first stepped foot on Flynn Creek Farm, there was a relatively modern home on the property, constructed in 2014, in addition to a not so new barn and an equipment shed. …
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Daughter of

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The Nine

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Eden

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