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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Stock Your Pantry
We’ve opened our online shop for sales! We sold out last year, so get enough to last the winter. I store my garlic in the cellar space under my stairs, and each year my garlic
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The Cure
Can you just smell this room? Our organic, gourmet garlic is harvested and hanging in our drying barn to cure for a few weeks. Then we will prep it and be ready to sell it
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Family Meeting
Months ago, we scheduled a family meeting for April 5, 2020, to discuss farm goals, schedules for the summer, and to just have family time together. Even though we couldn’t be together physically this time,
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Four Generations
My mother grew up on the farm, but my sisters and I did not. While we all have our memories of Grandpa and Grandma Christianson’s farm, we don’t know everything about the history of the
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The Plants Whispered Thank You
We had our share of weeding at the farm this weekend. Thankfully, many of us were there to share the work together. There were several different kinds of weeds, but one in particular seemed the
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It’s All in the Family
There is a lot of activity at the farm these days monitoring the garlic as it grows. We had a cold spring in Bemidji, and our harvest might end up to be a week or
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The Dirty Dozen
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a watchdog group for environmental toxins. Their website has many helpful resources, including lists of clean/toxic fish sources, water analysis by county, ingredients in cosmetics, and their produce guide