Farm Happenings

As it started to turn cold, we moved all of our rosemary pots into the greenhouse, so that now the transplant greenhouse is full to the brim with rosemary.

We turned much of our attention to the planning work we do each winter for the Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference. Chris attended a board meeting for the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service in Downsville, Wisconsin – that’s the group that puts on the conference. In the eight years that we’ve been involved in the conference, it has grown from a relatively small, but respected, regional conference to a major national event, so we decided to change the name of the conference to the Organic Farming Conference.

On Monday, we decided to put the sheep in the barn after chasing them around a neighbor’s farm. One reluctant ewe balked at going in with the rest of the flock, and when we did get her into the alleyway, she decided to come back out. When Chris failed to get out of her way, she decided to go right through him, hitting him in the chest with her head and lifting him right off the ground. The chiropractor figures she sprained his sternum, and he has had a sore back, chest, and head for the whole week.