Farming in the shade

I love Chicago. I love to visit. (I love to leave again, and come home. But that's another story.) When the Holland Convention and Visitors Bureau started talking about advertising Holland as a Christmas holiday destination to the people of Chicago, someone somewhere along the line brought up The Farmer's name. I can imagine the discussion. "How about that crazy farmer guy out at the Kerstmarkt who makes socks on that old crank machine? That's weird enough to get their attention." Fast forward a few weeks and we found ourselves in the fortress-like studios of WGN-TV, just north of Chicago. Fortunately enough, the Holland CVB was wise enough to send along a "handler" for us country bumpkins. Kirsten (pictured above) made appointments and reservations, briefed us on what we could expect, and did everything in her power to make sure we were where we needed to be at the right time. So appreciated! Once we were ushered into the correct stud...

I've never liked the reusable bag concept. Well, I do like the concept, but not the poly something or other bags. I prefer paper, which is a renewable resource (plant more trees, make more jobs). In a pinch, I'll accept plastic, which are recyclable. Here's another reason not to like the bags. Edited to change the link. Apparently Yahoo videos have a short shelf-life.

Some fabulous and free (!) advertising in the local paper yesterday .

I've been waiting to blog about our composting operation until I have good photos. Most days--all of them, so far, in fact--it doesn't occur to me to run out and take photos of the composting process. Recently, however, our farm was featured in a magazine. And there are some pretty good photos along with the article. So I thought maybe I'd just link to the magazine article and let you look at the photos there...