Fun times in the living room

Dylan discovers the wonders of the accordion.


Miki is an awesome house manager and makes lists of things!


Dylan discovers how to make weird faces.

Marty Anderson and the Goods

So, Miki has gotten herself into a situation. She plays fiddle for a townie band called Marty Anderson and the Goods -- run by lead singer Marty Anderson, his cousin Marty Anderson, and his wife, Marti Anderson.


They play at the Contented Cow in downtown Northfield.


Dylan, Jon and I came to show our support (and maybe drink cider? maybe.)


Miki is embarrassed by our presence, which means we're doing a good job.


Miki does not drink cider. She drinks sugary things.

Harvest Fest

Harvest Fest success! We didn't catch much of it on camera, but we had an excellent bout of leaf pile jumping, apple-hunting, garden harvesting, and sitting around the bonfire.


Lisa and Christina take advantage of the pumpkin carving, with pumpkins and squash grown in our very own garden.




It was colder than normal this year, so we had the musicians perform indoors.


Jon and his sister Adrianna played a set together.

The Bulk Order

The bulk order came! Miki is in love with the bulk order.

In one fell swoop...

...a giant zucchini was turned into bread and muffins.
The muffins were for Food Truth's table at the activities fair, but the loaf remained in Farm House, and was mysteriously devoured between the hours of midnight and 8:13 am. David?? Alas, who could resist warm zucchini bread with chocolate chips?

It's almost that time...

Summer has been a great adventure! I spent mine working in Columbia, Missouri for the US Geological Survey during the week and Chert Hollow Farm on the weekends. I've had fun and learned a lot, but I'm excited to be close to experiencing the wonder of fall at Farm House for the third (and sadly, last) time.


Fall 2008 Olaf Expedition

We've had a lot of turnover compared to the last couple years, so we'll have quite a few new people bringing their experiences and talents into the fold. Miki Beavis and I will be sharing management duties, which we'll be slaving away at in the upcoming weeks. At any rate, prepare for some actual updates to start coming your way soon, from the oldies and hopefully some new voices as well!

New Blog!

So, I've transfered our blog over to Blogger from our previous Wordpress location, which I'll leave up for posterity. Hopefully this version will be easier to use and more accessable to a wider carleton/internet community.

I've re-posted all of our previous stuff - and just because it's summer doesn't mean you can't still contribute! Any lingering photos and stories from last year would be good entertainment, or garden updates to keep us going until fall.

Farmstock 2009!

The '08-'09 school year came to a festive wrap with Farmstock, Farm House's very own folk music and yard-lovin' fest. We featured a fantastic musical line-up, including: Mbira, Drew Chambers, Dick Hwang, African Drums, Hannah Button-Harrison, Emily Cogsdill, Miki Beavis, Jon Walsh, Tom Brenner, Caitlin Unumb, and the Porch Collective.

Here are some photographic highlights!

All photos taken by Leanne Bazzetta


Adrienne feeding Lisa some delicious homemade ice-cream.


Group dancing to Kelzmer music!


More tradition americana folk.


Beautiful tie-dye all over the lawn.


The painful-looking-but-pain-free side affects of tie-dying in sandals.


Knitting the Farmhouse Quilt!


Simultaneous wheelbarrel and three-legged racing!

A Week in the Farmhouse Kitchen

Originally Posted by Miki Beavis



Look at the (non-psychedelic) shrooms grow...

Tuesday




Wednesday


Thursday



Friday


Saturday


Sunday



And this is our crunchy granola supply...

Monday



Tuesday


Wednesday



Thursday


Friday


Saturday



Conclusions: Although there is no direct evidence supporting causality, the relationship between these data suggest that Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) may utilize Granola (Avena cardamomum) as a food source.

Apply to Live in Farm House!

Originally Posted by Miki Beavis

Here's the 2009-10 FARM HOUSE APPLICATION!

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It is due Wednesday, April 15th at MIDNIGHT.

Send all applications or questions to Nathaniel Rosenblum at rosenbln@carleton.edu or put it in mailbox 431.

We hope you have fun filling them out... because we're looking forward to reading them!

Originally Posted by Miki Beavis

In the unsuspecting hours before Art Show.... A massive construction project was underway...

Block by block, Miki and Julia were slicing and stirring and rolling and slicing and hauling together a concoction...

A....

SUSHIRAMID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's taller than a Julia! :o



Food? Or neolithic burial chamber...



one of the wonders of the postmodern world



Soon to be devoured, but for now, an edifice of mystery.

The Great Brown Ice Cream Caper

Originally Posted by Miki Beavis

(note: the graphically intense amount of chocolate in this post may or may not make it unsuitable for young children.)

One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fires were burning...

Nathaniel came stompin' down the stairs of Farm House, a solitary thought on his mind. It was packed into a cardboard box and lived in the freezer where day after day the other Farmies gazed at it with a mix of longing and frustration. It rhymed with Lice Team. It was delicious. Today it was going to be even more delicious as he was armed with a monstrous bottle of Ghirardelli's chocolate syrup.

a note about Nathaniel and chocolate: Nathaniel may have an unhealthy relationship with chocolate. Often he seems to believe that he can subdue those little chocolate chips into submission. Also he plays hide and seek with them.

Little did he know that he was going to get MORE CHOCOLATE THAN HE EVER BARGAINED FOR. He took the cardboard box out of the freezer... opened the lid...

Some chocolate chip-laying insect had laid a whole nest of spawn right there in the false safety of the nest of ice cream.

This is the point in the story where the chocolate content just spirals waay out of control... My antihistamines just can't handle it anymore. Just imagine the trauma of being there... *scratch* *scratch*


Something is awry... the calm before the storm?


Laura tries to save Nathaniel from an almost certain chocolatey death.


It was really really brown.


It reminded me of the Hexxus from Ferngully.


Don't judge me!


Chocolate chips, the evil spawners of Farm House drama.


THE END.

Saturday in the Kitchen

From what I heard, the morning kicked off with a pancake breakfast, which I wasn't able to attend and therefore document (sadness). However, rumor has it that it was fun and delicious.

Home culturing and fermenting was the name of the game this week. There's currently some ginger beer in the making that's highly anticipated. If all goes well, there'll be some soy-yogurt later in the week as well. I'm currently trying to make some injera (an Ethiopian bread) from scratch, which is a several-day long process that involves letting teff flour sour in water. Here's Case doing most of the teff-grinding work for me:



It turns out that teff is a total pain to grind up in a mortar and pestle. A grain mill is next on my farm house wish-list.

History in the Making

There's a lot of good times that happen out here on the Farm, so I thought it would be nice if we could chronicle our adventures in some way that could be easily shared -- thus, a blog is born. I hope this ends up being a collaborative project, where members (and friends) of the house can post Farm House-related photos, stories, and news for the enjoyment and tabs-keeping of all. Nothing cures a cold Minnesota winter like warm fuzzy memories, right?

For starters, my impression of a dinosaur eating dinosaur kale: