The Heart of Winter
Winter presents a challenge to those of us living the country life. Freezing cold. Howling wind. Animals that must be fed regardless...
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Lynn Morris
- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
Where the Heart Is
The weather is of extreme importance to farmers. No matter what that Nobel laureate Mr. Zimmerman might suggest, you really do need a...
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Lynn Morris
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Camaraderie
Mahmood was delighted to be awarded the Dow Scholarship to this month's Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's Sustainable Food...
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Lynn Morris
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
Heartfelt & Homemade
We haven't written a lot lately because we've been very busy farming. We have almost 2500 organic heirloom tomato plants under the...
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Lynn Morris
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
On the Desk
We're in the part of winter where it seems like spring will never come. Cold. Bitter. Icy. And, if you're a farmer, it's just plain...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Resolutions
Oh, 2020, what a wild ride you've been. Collective. Disheartening. Maddening. Engaging. Divisive. I could go on. As always, we're...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 27, 2020
- 1 min
esse quam videri
Esse quam videri--to be rather than to seem-- is the motto of the State of North Carolina. I think it's also a good motto for what 2020...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
generosity
A few years ago, Mahmood and I traveled 3,000 miles across the famed Karakoram Highway, the Silk Road that connects Karachi, Pakistan to...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 18, 2020
- 1 min
SOURDOUGH
Isn't the idea of non-local food a strange one? That a food item would travel extensively--across continents, across oceans, through...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
Snow Day
So we're awaiting the first big storm of winter. A flurry of preparation--homemade minestrone from our own organic heirloom tomatoes,...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
CHEESE!
Exciting news this weekend! StargroveNC has been awarded a Bright Futures grant from @Tillamook and the @AmericanFarmland Trust. This...
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Lynn Morris
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
COZY
I spent the day trying to be festive. I wrote about 30 holiday cards, addressed them, affixed gold stamps onto the back, ordered some...
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Lynn Morris
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
A GIFT TO BE FREE
As a journalist covering luxury travel, cuisine, and architecture for magazines such as Bon Appetit, Town & Country and Outside, I feel...
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Lynn Morris
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
the world in a drop of rain
When you live on a farm, avoiding the rain is not an option. The animals eat even when it's raining. There are plants to tend even in a...
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Lynn Morris
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
PIZZA
I'm not a fan of long, drawn-out stories about food. After all, do you really care about my life's story? That being said, here's the...
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Lynn Morris
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Briar Patch
Midge & Reba enjoying some weeds in the 18 acre wood Though we're deep in the tomato project, with all its eccentricities, at the moment,...
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Lynn Morris
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
THE BUDDY SYSTEM
It's been a great week. One of the nicest things about owning an organic farm and growing organic food is that you meet a lot of...
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Lynn Morris
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
IT GETS WILD
A few weeks ago I posted a photo of one of our organic Arave Melons. These are the 'personal honeydews,' also known as Persian melons. ...
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Lynn Morris
- Aug 13, 2020
- 1 min
Heirloom Cherokee Purples
Harvested this afternoon, grown from organic heirloom seeds, the five-star tomato for the perfect tomato sandwich or the perfect artisan...
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