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Naked and Up to Somethin'

As the annual tomato festival in Columbus nears, I found myself trying to reconcile the word “mater.” This must be addressed, for the event is called…

Jun 23 •

State of the Farm, Summer 2023

A mild summer is what those who toil in the sun dream of, and so far those dreams have come true. Which, by writing this out, guarantees that an…

Jun 14 •

March 2023

So this is the time when we talk about gamboling in the fields, on edge with excitement about all the vegetative life about to burst through newly…

Mar 18 •

January 2023

Skeleton at the Feast 2022

When we morphed our long-running site dedicated to simple living, The Dew Abides, into a dedicated site for Dew Point Farm, Jenn and I began refraining…

Jan 3 •

December 2022

Brrr-y Christmas

We've dug ourselves into a hole, and your help is mulch appreciated!

Dec 22, 2022 •

November 2022

Sharpest tool in the shed

So winter is supposed to be the quiet time at a farm. It’s the time to let nature do its system refresh — giving the trees the chill hours they need to…

Nov 18, 2022 •

July 2022

Pico and the man

In my bachelor days, I lived in a chasmic wooden house that was nearing its first centennial. It wasn’t much for fancy amenities, such as “functioning…

Jul 19, 2022 •

June 2022

Tomato tour de force

Tomatoes. If there’s one thing we grow that connects in a visceral way with customers, it’s that big, red, hefty summertime fruit. Say the word to…

Jun 28, 2022 •

April 2022

Marketing experience

We’ve got a dozen stories like this… I’m kneeling over a raised bed, helping kindergarteners plant tomato seedlings at their elementary school, and I…

Apr 27, 2022 •

December 2021

In my hometown there was a bowling alley called Fast Lanes that was not far from our house. I was too young to bowl when Fast Lanes was around — back…

Dec 30, 2021 •

November 2021

When StoryCorps announced their mobile recording unit was coming to our town’s library to offer folks the opportunity to document their lives with a…

Nov 11, 2021 •

July 2021

Out of farm's way

What a year it’s been. Back in January, we built a greenhouse and, for the first time, were able to grow all six hundred of our plants from seed. At the…

Jul 30, 2021 •

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