Autumn Newsletter 2019

An early walk between farms… had the sounds of spring filling the air. The warbler, perhaps a black throated green warbler, that I consider my bird, was fluting to its mate oblivious to competing songs. An unfamiliar sound stopped my stride as I scanned the surrounds at eye level. Listening and watching for a minute…

122 CORSON Holiday Newsletter The theme for this year’s Christmas Card was the abundance of apples produced from our 100 + year old apple orchard.  In particular, the Wolf River tree was a painting unto itself.  As we walked through the orchard in late November with the sheep following at our heels, we shook off…

The calendar doesn’t say it is winter, but it certainly looks and feels like it. Bob has been working in the woods cutting next year’s firewood and Mary has been starting her winter art projects. All the animals seem to be quite happy with the weather. The sheep have been growing nice wool coats for…

‘A Night in Munich’.  German food is perfect for winter weather.  There’s a  hardiness to Sauerbraten Short Ribs with German potatoes and Fresh Halibut Fricassees.   For those not familiar with beef short ribs, it is a cut of beef that consists of a short portion of rib bone with a generous portion of succulent beef….

122 CORSON Valentine’s Day – Winter Schedule – Lecture Series All we need is a little more snow to make this the perfect winter.  Here at 122 Corson and Blue Ribbon Farm, we are loving every minute of it.  So much so, that we have decided to offer a POP-UP dinner this coming Saturday night,…

2018 is the year of the dog in the Chinese zodiac.  While we don’t follow the Chinese calendar, every year we declare it a year of something.  The criteria are simple: it is whatever strikes us on the farm as being particularly abundant, beautiful, or noteworthy.  This year we have decided that it is the…