Spring has returned again to Northern Minnesota! I believe that because of our 4 seasons and our cold winters, Minnesotans tend to appreciate spring in a unique and significant way. This spring at 5 Sisters
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Fall Planting – A Very Full Day
We finished our fall planting today, and here are the stats of the day: 17 family workers, 6.5 hours, almost 13,000 cloves, Macgyver-level tools, 6 visiting cousins/aunties/uncles, and a hundred meaningful conversations. Our process looked
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Learning About Garlic
Is It Supposed to Look Like THAT?
I have a clear memory of eating some chicken when I was a young kid. I said “Ewww, Mom, what’s wrong with this chicken? It’s mushy!” My mom explained, “Oh, I bought that at a
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Learning About Garlic
We’re Almost Ready!
Last weekend was a flurry of activity in Bemidji to continue processing our garlic. As you remember, we harvested in July and hung the garlic to cure for several weeks. We process our garlic by
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Healthy Living
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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Images of the Farm at Harvest July 2020
Let these pictures bring you peace and joy today! We are grounding ourselves in the sights, sounds, and scents of our organic land. ❤️
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Learning About Garlic
The Precise Time to Harvest
If scientists, accountants, and bakers appreciate precision and predictability, they should avoid farming. Farming is the great “It Depends.”
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Cover Crop Strategy
5 Sisters Organics farm is, of course as the name implies, certified organic. Additionally, we use a method called Regenerative Farming, which is a new term for the way my grandparents and great grandparents always
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A Fantastic Crop
We are excited about our garlic crop this year; it is growing beautifully! Last year, most Minnesota garlic growers lost approximately 30% of our crop due to weather, but this year it looks like over