Little Farmstead on the Rum

03/27/2026

Manure pile is growing. Cold mornings with frozen ground are ideal for scraping the paddock. Late morning was perfect for trimming hooves and they were soft and pliable. Perfect temp this afternoon for splitting wood and I even have a stacker.

07/04/2025

The Rum is an absolute delight
for swimming these days.

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06/08/2025

Great time to kayak the river.
Enjoy 1 to 4 hour trips.
No bugs yet!

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06/08/2025

Mulch was quite thick & garlic is up later than normal this year. Waiting on scapes.

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11/30/2024

Culinary Garlic [ORGANICALLY GROWN] - $15 (Cambridge)

Do you like cooking with garlic?
Do you use garlic medicinally?

Fully Cured, Organically Grown Hardneck Garlic
Chesnok is a good general purpose variety — full bodied flavor when raw...sweet and smooth when roasted or cooked.

Grown on the banks of the Rum River 4 miles NW of Cambridge [ISANTI COUNTY]
Can also meet in Zimmerman [SHERBURNE COUNTY] on Wednesday & Thursday afternoons, and Sundays after church

$15/pound (great for cooking and eating; about 10 bulbs/pound)

* CASH Prices. Paypal and Venmo prices might be higher
* Prices are $2 less than last year!
* Cross-posted

Call or TEXT preferred.

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/grd/d/cambridge-culinary-garlic-organically/7806461063.html

11/30/2024

It's getting cold.
Redundancy is not bad.
Time to pick up wood skills?

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10/27/2024

This is a great time to get out into the woods and demolish that Buckthorn — an invasive species. Identification is much easier this time of year. Our native tress have lost most of their leaves. I…

03/13/2024

Our Maple Syrup harvest may be over for 2024. At least it wasn't hard to find dry wood this year! Let's see what next week brings.