A\nfew reasons why seasonal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- It\u2019s biblical. \nWhich sets the stage for every other reason. If you know me, you know I\u2019m a\nself-proclaimed \u201cBible Thumping Holy Roller\u201d. \nNot that I will literally beat you over the head with it but I spent the\nfirst 28 years of my life searching for truth. \nWhen I finally found the source and foundation of truth in God\u2019s Word,\nwell it literally changed my life. And that\u2019s the truth! I\u2019m still on that journey and I have and\ncontinue to discover that the bible is true, and that if I use it as my\nfoundation point I tend to not veer into the quicksand and mud pits of life as\noften. Lesson learned. So I\u2019m going to share the truth with you whenever I get\na chance.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
For everything there is a season<\/strong>, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 <\/sup>a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 <\/sup>a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. <\/em>Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ESV<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBaby cilantro
growing in the path <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Season in Latin means \u201cto sow\u201d. <\/em> If I haven\u2019t learned anything as a farmer,\nI\u2019ve learned that when you try growing things outside of their natural habitat you\nmight have to try them in different seasons and locations around the farm to\ngain success. No guarantee but worth a try. But be prepared for a bitter lesson\nof sorts. I first noticed this many\nyears ago when I tried to grow cilantro in the summer. I had first fallen in love with cilantro 20\nyears ago when my family vacationed in Mexico. \nWe literally ate cilantro at every meal every day! It is\na hardy annual and a relative of the parsley family (which originated in\nsouthern Europe, North Africa and the western portion of the Asian continent)\nand it thrives on the west coast in the summer. It doesn\u2019t like our humid\nsummers in the coastal south. I first\nplanted it in April when I purchased it at the local big box store. 4 weeks later it bolted into beautiful\nflowers and sweet little yummy green seeds but the leaves had become bitter and\ndisgusting!! Who knew that cilantro is the herb and coriander is the seed\/spice\nand that they are actually the same plant IN DIFFERENT SEASONS. So I let the\nseeds drop and wonder of wonders, in the fall I had baby cilantro plants\npopping up all over the place. It grew\nall winter and gave us so much scrumptious herb but alas, come spring it\nbolted, set seed and died but continues to repeat the cycle year after year.\nSuch is the life of an annual. So if you\nwant to grow something not native to your area, look at where it originated and\nsee if you can match the seasonal conditions to fool it into thinking it\u2019s the\nright time. Lesson learned. Cilantro\npesto here I come\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Seasonality of food<\/em> refers to the times of year when a given type food is at its peak, either in terms of harvest or its flavor. The food’s peak time in terms of harvest usually coincides with when its flavor is at its freshest, tastiest and most nutritious.<\/em> \u00a0Even though we all like to eat tomatoes year round, the best time to eat them is when they can be picked and eaten while they are still warm from the sun right out of your own garden, or at least purchased directly from a local grower shortly after harvest. \u00a0Seasonal fruits and vegetables produced at home or on local farms are generally fresher, as they do not require long distances for transport. Also, unlike out of season produce which is harvested early in order to be shipped and distributed to your local retail store, crops picked at their peak of ripeness are also better tasting and full of flavor. What\u2019s more, studies have shown that fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients when allowed to ripen naturally on their parent plant.\u00a0 One gal said \u201ca store bought tomato tastes like disappointment\u201d. Lesson learned.\u00a0 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Pull out the seed catalog and just plant, or go to the local farmers market and eat fresh in season. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
So what about the raw milk? Why don\u2019t you have any in the winter? Just so you know, full size dairy goats are seasonal breeders. They are cousins of deer and breed late summer thru fall. The gestation period is 150 days. At the end of breeding season (or by Thanksgiving) we dry them off (stop milking them) so that they can have a season of rest to build their bodies up, grown big healthy babies and start the whole process over again come kidding season (late winter\/spring). So for now, we enjoy aged cheeses and) cajeta (awesome Mexican caramel made from sugar and goats milk) that we made last summer when milk was plentiful. And we wait. And we plan and prepare. And we clean the barn and get the kidding stalls ready. And we plant winter grass for the nibbling goats and chickens. And we take time to rest and renew. In the barn and in the pasture the goats are noshing on Christmas trees and ruminating in the sun spots. Their bellies are getting bigger with growing babies. It\u2019s a season of anticipation. Lesson learned. Embrace the season!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Whats left of the Christmas trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Y\u2019all, I have literally invested hours today! Doing what? Trying to do hard things, or at least one hard thing. Let me back up. It\u2019s now January. Back In December I met with a dear friend who is also a business consultant (and life coach). I told her I needed help in planning and organizing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n
Y\u2019all, I have literally invested hours\ntoday! Doing what? Trying to do hard things, or at least one hard thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me back up. It\u2019s now January. Back\nIn December I met with a dear friend who is also a business consultant (and\nlife coach). I told her I needed help in planning and organizing my farm life\nin 2020 so that I would not be so reactionary. \nNot that reaction is evil but not as productive as being focused and\ngoal oriented. Especially when you have\na really busy year and not a lot of extra help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we were brainstorming ideas and she\nkept pointing out that I am relational and that people come to the farm because\nthey want to connect personally and have an experience and learn with me. True and I love it. But I found myself having the same\nconversations over and over, one of the most common being the seasonality of\nraw milk, the farm and life. At her\nurging I agreed that I would try and video myself, just being me, and talking\nabout\u2026 well seasonality and farm life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agreed to do it 7 times and make\nmyself press past my discomfort and practice, practice, practice, until it got\ncomfortable. Well y\u2019all\nI.Just.Cant!! I tried. I really, really\n\u2013 like 15 separate attempts \u2013 tried. You\nknow I\u2019m not camera shy, you know I love to talk, you know I always have a\nstory, you know I\u2019m more than happy to share any and every aspect of farm life,\nmy life. But it\u2019s now painfully and\nhilariously obvious that my talent and gifting is not videography. Lesson\nlearned. I really just need a camera\nman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So here I am, at the computer. Writing thru my frustrations and getting my\nword for the month out of my system. \nWhat\u2019s my word you ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seasonal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nfew reasons why seasonal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- It\u2019s biblical. \nWhich sets the stage for every other reason. If you know me, you know I\u2019m a\nself-proclaimed \u201cBible Thumping Holy Roller\u201d. \nNot that I will literally beat you over the head with it but I spent the\nfirst 28 years of my life searching for truth. \nWhen I finally found the source and foundation of truth in God\u2019s Word,\nwell it literally changed my life. And that\u2019s the truth! I\u2019m still on that journey and I have and\ncontinue to discover that the bible is true, and that if I use it as my\nfoundation point I tend to not veer into the quicksand and mud pits of life as\noften. Lesson learned. So I\u2019m going to share the truth with you whenever I get\na chance.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
For\neverything there is a season<\/strong>, and a\ntime for every matter under heaven: <\/em>a\ntime to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up\nwhat is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and\na time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a\ntime to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones\ntogether; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; <\/em>a\ntime to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 <\/sup>a\ntime to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 <\/sup>a\ntime to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. <\/em>Ecclesiastes 3:1-<\/a><\/em><\/strong>8 ESV <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Season in Latin means \u201cto sow\u201d. <\/em> If I haven\u2019t learned anything as a farmer,\nI\u2019ve learned that when you try growing things outside of their natural habitat you\nmight have to try them in different seasons and locations around the farm to\ngain success. No guarantee but worth a try. But be prepared for a bitter lesson\nof sorts. I first noticed this many\nyears ago when I tried to grow cilantro in the summer. I had first fallen in love with cilantro 20\nyears ago when my family vacationed in Mexico. \nWe literally ate cilantro at every meal every day! It is\na hardy annual and a relative of the parsley family (which originated in\nsouthern Europe, North Africa and the western portion of the Asian continent)\nand it thrives on the west coast in the summer. It doesn\u2019t like our humid\nsummers in the coastal south. I first\nplanted it in April when I purchased it at the local big box store. 4 weeks later it bolted into beautiful\nflowers and sweet little yummy green seeds but the leaves had become bitter and\ndisgusting!! Who knew that cilantro is the herb and coriander is the seed\/spice\nand that they are actually the same plant IN DIFFERENT SEASONS. So I let the\nseeds drop and wonder of wonders, in the fall I had baby cilantro plants\npopping up all over the place. It grew\nall winter and gave us so much scrumptious herb but alas, come spring it\nbolted, set seed and died but continues to repeat the cycle year after year.\nSuch is the life of an annual. So if you\nwant to grow something not native to your area, look at where it originated and\nsee if you can match the seasonal conditions to fool it into thinking it\u2019s the\nright time. Lesson learned. Cilantro\npesto here I come\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Seasonality of food<\/em> refers to the times of year when a given type food is at its peak, either in terms of harvest or its flavor. The food's peak time in terms of harvest usually coincides with when its flavor is at its freshest, tastiest and most nutritious.<\/em> Even though we all like to eat tomatoes year round, the best time to eat them is when they can be picked and eaten while they are still warm from the sun right out of your own garden, or at least purchased directly from a local grower shortly after harvest. Seasonal fruits and vegetables produced at home or on local farms are generally fresher, as they do not require long distances for transport. Also, unlike out of season produce which is harvested early in order to be shipped and distributed to your local retail store, crops picked at their peak of ripeness are also better tasting and full of flavor. What\u2019s more, studies have shown that fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients when allowed to ripen naturally on their parent plant. One gal said \u201ca store bought tomato tastes like disappointment\u201d. Lesson learned. Pull out the seed catalog and just plant, or go to the local farmers market and eat fresh in season.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
So\nwhat about the raw milk? Why don\u2019t you have any in the winter? Just so you know, full size dairy goats are\nseasonal breeders. They are cousins of\ndeer and breed late summer thru fall. The\ngestation period is 150 days. At the end\nof breeding season (or by Thanksgiving) we dry them off (stop milking them) so\nthat they can have a season of rest to build their bodies up, grown big healthy\nbabies and start the whole process over again come kidding season (late\nwinter\/spring). So for now, we enjoy aged\ncheeses and) cajeta (awesome Mexican caramel made from sugar and goats milk)\nthat we made last summer when milk was plentiful. And we wait. And we plan and prepare. And we\nclean the barn and get the kidding stalls ready. And we plant winter grass for\nthe nibbling goats and chickens. And we take time to rest and renew. In the\nbarn and in the pasture the goats are noshing on Christmas trees and ruminating\nin the sun spots. Their bellies are getting bigger with growing babies. It\u2019s a season of anticipation. Lesson\nlearned. Embrace the season!!!<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farm-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeremiahfarm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Seasonality of food<\/em> refers to the times of year when a given type food is at its peak, either in terms of harvest or its flavor. The food's peak time in terms of harvest usually coincides with when its flavor is at its freshest, tastiest and most nutritious.<\/em> Even though we all like to eat tomatoes year round, the best time to eat them is when they can be picked and eaten while they are still warm from the sun right out of your own garden, or at least purchased directly from a local grower shortly after harvest. Seasonal fruits and vegetables produced at home or on local farms are generally fresher, as they do not require long distances for transport. Also, unlike out of season produce which is harvested early in order to be shipped and distributed to your local retail store, crops picked at their peak of ripeness are also better tasting and full of flavor. What\u2019s more, studies have shown that fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients when allowed to ripen naturally on their parent plant. One gal said \u201ca store bought tomato tastes like disappointment\u201d. Lesson learned. Pull out the seed catalog and just plant, or go to the local farmers market and eat fresh in season.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Season in Latin means \u201cto sow\u201d. <\/em> If I haven\u2019t learned anything as a farmer,\nI\u2019ve learned that when you try growing things outside of their natural habitat you\nmight have to try them in different seasons and locations around the farm to\ngain success. No guarantee but worth a try. But be prepared for a bitter lesson\nof sorts. I first noticed this many\nyears ago when I tried to grow cilantro in the summer. I had first fallen in love with cilantro 20\nyears ago when my family vacationed in Mexico. \nWe literally ate cilantro at every meal every day! It is\na hardy annual and a relative of the parsley family (which originated in\nsouthern Europe, North Africa and the western portion of the Asian continent)\nand it thrives on the west coast in the summer. It doesn\u2019t like our humid\nsummers in the coastal south. I first\nplanted it in April when I purchased it at the local big box store. 4 weeks later it bolted into beautiful\nflowers and sweet little yummy green seeds but the leaves had become bitter and\ndisgusting!! Who knew that cilantro is the herb and coriander is the seed\/spice\nand that they are actually the same plant IN DIFFERENT SEASONS. So I let the\nseeds drop and wonder of wonders, in the fall I had baby cilantro plants\npopping up all over the place. It grew\nall winter and gave us so much scrumptious herb but alas, come spring it\nbolted, set seed and died but continues to repeat the cycle year after year.\nSuch is the life of an annual. So if you\nwant to grow something not native to your area, look at where it originated and\nsee if you can match the seasonal conditions to fool it into thinking it\u2019s the\nright time. Lesson learned. Cilantro\npesto here I come\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- It\u2019s biblical. \nWhich sets the stage for every other reason. If you know me, you know I\u2019m a\nself-proclaimed \u201cBible Thumping Holy Roller\u201d. \nNot that I will literally beat you over the head with it but I spent the\nfirst 28 years of my life searching for truth. \nWhen I finally found the source and foundation of truth in God\u2019s Word,\nwell it literally changed my life. And that\u2019s the truth! I\u2019m still on that journey and I have and\ncontinue to discover that the bible is true, and that if I use it as my\nfoundation point I tend to not veer into the quicksand and mud pits of life as\noften. Lesson learned. So I\u2019m going to share the truth with you whenever I get\na chance.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Pull out the seed catalog and just plant, or go to the local farmers market and eat fresh in season. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Seasonality of food<\/em> refers to the times of year when a given type food is at its peak, either in terms of harvest or its flavor. The food’s peak time in terms of harvest usually coincides with when its flavor is at its freshest, tastiest and most nutritious.<\/em> \u00a0Even though we all like to eat tomatoes year round, the best time to eat them is when they can be picked and eaten while they are still warm from the sun right out of your own garden, or at least purchased directly from a local grower shortly after harvest. \u00a0Seasonal fruits and vegetables produced at home or on local farms are generally fresher, as they do not require long distances for transport. Also, unlike out of season produce which is harvested early in order to be shipped and distributed to your local retail store, crops picked at their peak of ripeness are also better tasting and full of flavor. What\u2019s more, studies have shown that fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients when allowed to ripen naturally on their parent plant.\u00a0 One gal said \u201ca store bought tomato tastes like disappointment\u201d. Lesson learned.\u00a0 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Season in Latin means \u201cto sow\u201d. <\/em> If I haven\u2019t learned anything as a farmer,\nI\u2019ve learned that when you try growing things outside of their natural habitat you\nmight have to try them in different seasons and locations around the farm to\ngain success. No guarantee but worth a try. But be prepared for a bitter lesson\nof sorts. I first noticed this many\nyears ago when I tried to grow cilantro in the summer. I had first fallen in love with cilantro 20\nyears ago when my family vacationed in Mexico. \nWe literally ate cilantro at every meal every day! It is\na hardy annual and a relative of the parsley family (which originated in\nsouthern Europe, North Africa and the western portion of the Asian continent)\nand it thrives on the west coast in the summer. It doesn\u2019t like our humid\nsummers in the coastal south. I first\nplanted it in April when I purchased it at the local big box store. 4 weeks later it bolted into beautiful\nflowers and sweet little yummy green seeds but the leaves had become bitter and\ndisgusting!! Who knew that cilantro is the herb and coriander is the seed\/spice\nand that they are actually the same plant IN DIFFERENT SEASONS. So I let the\nseeds drop and wonder of wonders, in the fall I had baby cilantro plants\npopping up all over the place. It grew\nall winter and gave us so much scrumptious herb but alas, come spring it\nbolted, set seed and died but continues to repeat the cycle year after year.\nSuch is the life of an annual. So if you\nwant to grow something not native to your area, look at where it originated and\nsee if you can match the seasonal conditions to fool it into thinking it\u2019s the\nright time. Lesson learned. Cilantro\npesto here I come\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n