We have reached a fun time in the garlic cycle again – scapes are forming! Scapes grow at the top of the garlic plant and will become a flower unless they are plucked off. Most
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Oh, Glorious Spring!
I don’t know about you, but as a lifetime Minnesotan I know that I feel like I’ve come out of hibernation each spring, and I dance with joy around the flowering lilacs and fruit trees!
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Which Came First?
Today I want to talk about eggs. No, we don’t raise chickens at 5 Sisters Organics (yet), but some people in Minnesota are creating a regenerative farming revolution centered around chickens. You can read about
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Much to Our Relief, Spring Arrived Again
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” (Margaret Atwood) We are welcoming spring 2022 to 5 Sisters Organics farm in Bemidji, Minnesota. We talk a lot about growing
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Keeping Traditions
We kept 2 family traditions active this weekend: making lefse and hunting deer. Kathy and one of her sons hunted up at the farm this weekend, while the rest of us made lefse together. We
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Learning About Garlic
Online Sales Start Sept 3
We will open up our online sales on September 3, 2021. Mark your calendars to order early because we sell out every year! Check out this year’s varieties here – Armenian, Montana Giant, Spanish Roja,
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Learning About Garlic
Garlic Market Success!
Our first garlic market was a great success! Thanks to all of you who stopped over to choose your own garlic and chat. We had wonderful conversations with old friends and made a bunch of
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Celebrating Family
We had a fantastic Christianson family reunion last weekend at the farm and at family homes. It was so fun to spend time with our uncles and aunts (who grew up on the farm), their
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Garlic Sales 2021!
We will be in Bemidji this weekend to visit with extended family, take the garlic down from curing (pictured), and prep it for sale! You can preview our 2021 varieties to learn more about their