DirtSong

07/09/2012

http://www.dirtsong.com/2012/07/t/

When I started work with Torch Lake Classics at the end of March, my first days were spent sanding the hull of a 24-foot 1954 Chris Craft Holiday. This past week, we finished that boat and sent it on its way. It’s the first wooden boat which I have finished almost entirely on my own from a bare-wo...

07/02/2012

http://www.dirtsong.com/2012/07/tree-transplanting/

I have a handful of catalpa and locust seedlings that needed to be moved to bigger spaces, so I thought I’d capture the process and post it. My website theme is buggy, so I couldn’t get the whole pictures to show up. Click on them to get much bigger, better looks at what I was doing.

06/16/2012

http://www.dirtsong.com/2012/06/as-many-peach-margaritas-as-i-drink-i-still-dont-fit-into-duluths-medium-t-shirt/

So I ordered a long tail T-shirt from Duluth Trading. Medium is my size and orange my flavor (because it was on sale for $12). I received the shirt and it was a bit large. I sent it back and they sent me the small. You can see how the small fit in the picture above. I then called Duluth to find...

03/30/2012

News and notes

My black locust trees are struggling after the frost we got the other night. Buds in March didn’t bode well for the little guys. My bitternut and shagbark hickory trees are playing it a little safer and haven’t budded yet. Then again, they could be dead, not dormant. Time will tell.

03/09/2012

Our first amazing breakfast at the new homestead!

Our move started around noon on Thursday with my folks (Tim’s) and our great friends from Green Gardens Farm, Trent and Ruthie. Stephanie and I had packed all of our stuff up into boxes, if possible and had a plan of how we’d load the truck. All of my and our previous moves have been relatively sm...

02/15/2012

Great TedX talk by Patty Cantrell about building local infrastructure for a recreated food system. She uses Kalamazoo as an example community of the work that's happening nationally.

Patty Cantrell is a community organizer and a journalist focused on making the business case for local and regional food. As Regional Food Solutions LLC, she...

02/15/2012

Green Gardens Community Farm will carry our pistous this summer, while supplies last. We're stoked! Open our newsletter to find the details. Thanks Trent & Ruthie!

01/27/2012

Update about our relocation plans--check out our latest newsletter for details.

01/18/2012

http://www.dirtsong.com/2012/01/plans-for-2012/

I feel like it’s a little unfair to say that we have “plans” for 2012 as it seems like the ground shifts under our feet daily as our brains grind away on their individual and collective dreamings. But we do have some changes we’d like to announce.

01/13/2012

mad muffin making is about to commence. if you've missed them the last few weeks, show up at Kalamazoo Foods Market tomorrow morning and get your fix of our super-tasty, belly-satisfying, whole-foods morsels. there are NO UNPRONOUNCEABLE INGREDIENTS in our muffins. and of course, herbs as well. :)

12/16/2011

Every Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 26 through May 5, at 1156 S. Burdick, this indoor market, Kalamazoo Foods Market, opens its doors to shoppers, offering market produce that's baked, grown or assembled by those selling the food product.