Ready or not, the holidays are fast approaching. We will all soon be searching for the perfect gifts for friends, family and other loved ones. I know it is easy to go to national chain stores or the mall to find everything in one trip, but why give mass produced, made in China gifts when you can support small businesses. Let's think outside the box this holiday season. Buy your Thanksgiving turkey from a local farmer. Buy handmade gifts for Christmas and Hanukkah. Give ticket

Ready or not, the holidays are fast approaching. We will all soon be searching for the perfect gifts for friends, family and other loved ones. I know it is easy to go to national chain stores or the mall to find everything in one trip, but why give mass produced, made in China gifts when you can support small businesses. Let's think outside the box this holiday season. Buy your Thanksgiving turkey from a local farmer. Buy handmade gifts for Christmas and Hanukkah. Give ticket

This week is soup week here at the farm. Since we moved to Colorado we have become big fans of soup. Nothing is better on a cold winter day. Okay, so it's not winter yet, but now is the time to make the soup. We have a family tradition of making soup in September and freezing it for the months to come. Today five of us made the annual trip to Miller Farms in Platteville to pick vegetables. It is really fun. For a set price they drive you around the farm on a hayride to all th

This week is soup week here at the farm. Since we moved to Colorado we have become big fans of soup. Nothing is better on a cold winter day. Okay, so it's not winter yet, but now is the time to make the soup. We have a family tradition of making soup in September and freezing it for the months to come. Today five of us made the annual trip to Miller Farms in Platteville to pick vegetables. It is really fun. For a set price they drive you around the farm on a hayride to all th