July 27 will be our main research tour at SERF with emphasis on intercrops and special crops. July 28 I'm calling demo day. On demo day we will be giving a come-and-go type event with different stations on our new site on Hwy 8. Details to follow.

In philosophy class one time my professor said “well at least everyone can agree on how to make a Pb&J!” I vehemently disagreed to his frustration. I’m about to put my money where my mouth was evidently.

I love pickling season. Bringing some heat with these.

Staff members Scott Brainard appeared on WPR's The Morning Show today to discuss new funding for improving the cultivation of nut, fruit and #treecrops in the Midwest to make them market viable for #climateresilience. #agroforestry You can listen at wpr.org/new-grant-seek…

First fig cuttings are doing well so far.

I planted this pot full of paw paw seeds two springs ago. Mid spring this year I noticed three sprouts. Tonight I counted around 15. I guess the the lesson is don’t throw out those old pots for a few years. You might be surprised.

Made myself laugh with this one. This was an interesting syrup. Strawberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Blueberry and Amish Melon. Oh yeah and don’t forget Carolina Reaper. #dontfearthereaper

Some monster sumac heads. Everything seems a few weeks early this year.

Some good news recently. We ( Glaciers End) hope to be shipping nationwide very soon. Keep an eye on our socials for more details coming soon.

A rare event of meeting a Twitter friend IRL. Fun stuff. Great to meet Nate and fam at the state fair!

I love the pastoral look of central Illinois. I usually give the glacier credit for this but here where we stayed this weekend I have a sneaking suspicion it somehow escaped at least one of them.

Rooting for these little guys.

My dragons breath cross. My best guess was that it was crossed with the 7pots I was growing.

Over wintered “chocolate?” Dragons breath.

I’m still looking for that super useful, vigorous plant that loves “poorly drained soil”

A pleasant surprise from one of my favorite podcast.

Classical musicians are like…., let’s just re-recorded the same 10 composers for the next 100 years.

On my 33rd birthday I took 33 punches from Traxx on my left arm and 33 from Adam X on my right. Really stupid shit. We were in line for kraftwork in Chicago. I’m going to wait till they are 80 to return the favor. music.apple.com/us/album/let-n…

Fresh delivery from Derek Lee Ervin at Glaciers End Farm in Southern Illinois thanks to my parents. Good people making some of the best sauces, pickles, bitters, and other specialty foods from their farm. Small businesses make the world better.