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Fire Cider
Fire Cider is an ancient herbal recipe that combines Horseradish Root, Garlic, Onion, Ginger Root, Turmeric, Cinnamon, and Cayenne Pepper in an infusion. Our family has been using it extensively for the past few years,
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Garlic Harvest 2022
We started harvesting garlic last weekend, July 15 in northern Minnesota. We will harvest the garlic varieties separately over the next 2 weeks as they mature at different rates. We harvest and clean the garlic
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Bemidji Art – Celebrating Our Small Town’s Beauty
Our farm is located just outside Bemidji, Minnesota where we were all born and raised, The town sits next to the beautiful Lake Bemidji, and is known for numerous sources of beautiful local art. The
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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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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