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All the Pumpkins You Can Carry, a Big Pepper Sale, and Photos From Y’all.
FIVE DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN and here’s how the pumpkin thing is gonna go down — all the pumpkins you can carry for $12! You must pick them in the pumpkin patch… …and carry them by yourself — no tote bags, … Continue reading
True Stories from the Farmily, and a Word About Pumpkins.
ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a boy called Brussels Sprout — Brussel for short. He was a farmer’s nephew, and had a shaky start in life: tubes in his ears, a patch on one eye, and allergies to every … Continue reading
Picking Report, Party Pictures, and Feedback for the Farm.
AN ORPHANED ASSISTANT PIG-KEEPER became hero and champion of the realm. That was in The Chronicles of Prydain. No such luck for the pigherds of Ithaca — they were vanquished without mercy by dark-hearted apple farmers. More on our top … Continue reading
Saturday is Apocalypse for Pigherds; Remember to BYOB, BYOF, BYORG.
TELL THE TRUTH and shame the devil. That’s what Mother always says. Let’s make Mom proud by telling the hard truth about pig farmers: they will meet their doom at 6 PM on Saturday. Tug of war versus apple farmers. … Continue reading
Pigs-n-Apples Party: Game Schedule, BYOB, and Other Leaked Details!
WELL, BUTTER MY BUTT and call me a biscuit — only one week til party time! The first annual Pigs-n-Apples Party will hit the farm on Saturday, October 6, and people have been clamoring for details. Who what when where? … Continue reading
Will the Donuts Hold You Over Until the Pig Farmers Arrive?
IT IS A CUTE ENOUGH contraption, if a little homely. You could even call it a kinetic sculpture: the motor buzzes and sprockets whirr and paddles click back and forth. But in the end, art or not, our new gadget … Continue reading
The Women Have Left the Farm, and Other Curious Tidbits.
IT’S JUST US DUDES here today. The fellers and the hombres. One of the gals drove south; another flew west. And the rest? Where are les femmes de la ferme? Don’t know, but we’ll have to make do. Find meaning … Continue reading
The First Annual Pigs-n-Apples Party Will Be a Real Harvest Riot!
WHEN YOU NEED A SPOT of country wisdom, where do you turn? To The Farmers’ Almanac? The farmer’s daughter? Garrison Keillor? Here at Indian Creek, we turn to the plants. We watch and listen. And ever since Veggiestock, all the … Continue reading
Veggiestock Hits Farm Country With “Pecks, Hugs, and Rock-n-Roll.”
IN THE WEE HOURS, millions came out to look at the moon. They had just watched the lunar landing on live TV. It was 1969. Today, people still remember that night in high definition. Other folks can say where they … Continue reading
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Fruits, Veggies, Flowers!
HELLOOO, FARM FANS — Hope you are having a fruitful summer, and hope you are doing what you gotta do. We’re doing pretty well over here. You guys have picked most of the low-hanging pears, and we picked the rest … Continue reading
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