by Jim | Mar 22, 2011 | General
The return of warmer weather has been a welcome respite from the cold temperatures of winter. It’s been wonderful to go out and work around the farm in shorts and t-shirt again. It’s looking more and more like the worst of winter is finally behind us. Our...
by Jim | Feb 15, 2011 | General
When Liz and I bought and started our farm several years ago, I don’t know that I ever really expected to truly become the farmer type. What I mean by that is, I’m a bit of a geek — y’know, kind of the way a Hershey’s bar is made with a...
by Jim | Feb 11, 2011 | General
This is the part of the year where we actually start counting the days — as best as one can — until the ‘official’ start of Spring, which by our standards, is usually marked by the day and week when temperatures begin to go up again. Neither...
by Jim | Feb 4, 2011 | General
We survived the recent storm that blasted its way through the eastern half of the United States this past week. Of the predicted 14+ inches of snow we were supposed to get, I think we got maybe less than an inch with a bonus four inches of sleet, much of which drifted...
by Jim | Feb 4, 2011 | General
We are Jim and Liz Stitzel, and we are first-generation farmers residing in Colfax, IN. We have a toddler and an infant – leaving dull moments nearly extinct! We have owned our little, 40-acre farm since January 2006 and have been continually developing it into...
