How to make yummy tomato sauce

These days, when I am not out working in the fields, you can generally catch me in the kitchen.  I’m either making apple sauce or tomato sauce.  Many people ask me how to make tomato sauce and there are as many recipes as their are tomato varieties, but this is how I make it. I [...]

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Farm Tour – Pawnee Pride

Want to get up close and personal with your food? Our friends at Pawnee Pride are offering a Kids Tour on September 10th, starting at 10:30am. It’s a family-friendly walking tour of the Rohrbaugh ranch, ending in a picnic at Burchard Lake. The Rohrbaughs are good friends of ours, and we purchase our beef from [...]

Oh, the heat!

Our farmhouse was built in 1900. The City of Omaha hadn’t yet spread the next 20 miles to border our town of Bennington, and the Ford Model T was introduced in 1908. At that time, our farm was truly rural. The first modern air conditioner was invented in 1902. In the pre-AC days, temperature control [...]

Ever dream of farming?

Here is your chance!  Some friends of ours are selling their farm, so we can attest to the fact that the land was well cared for and they are good people.   Check it out!

Crop Mob 2010!

It’s been a fantastic season for us on the farm.  Of course there have been some setbacks, but all in all, we’ve been so fortunate.  But one of the main hassles we deal with on a daily basis is weeds.  I’m not sure if it was all the rain, or weed seed in our mulch, [...]

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