Protospiel 2020
We started a new tradition last year: Board Game Weekend (a.k.a Family Fun Days). Each January there is a board game convention in Minneapolis called Protospiel (German for “prototype game”).…
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Rory
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Rory Groves lives with his wife and five children on a farm in southern Minnesota where they grow food, raise livestock, and host educational workshops on traditional skills. He is the author of the forthcoming book Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time (Front Porch Republic).
Farm Camp Promo Video
We had so much fun making this video and got ourselves very excited for all that is to come this summer. The activities each day are going to be great.…
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January on the Farm
Rory’s cousin from California is a school teacher and asked Ivar to make a Christmas Book of Fun for her class, filled with word finds and comics. We got excited…
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Sleep Tight Farm
One of our favorite farm books is called Sleep Tight Farm. It talks about a family winding down their farm, getting it ready for winter. And just like in the book, we wind everything down for winter hibernation too…
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The Farm Calendar
Last year about this time I wrote out a Farm Calendar with all the tasks for all of the animals and buildings and equipment we have to accomplish in each…
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Winter-Proof Chicken Waterer
As soon as the temps drop below freezing, we Minnesota farmers break out the winter gear. My least favorite contraption is the chicken waterer. In the summer, I hook a…
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