Category Archives: Kitchen

Wow! I think we had four days in a row that we have had no precipitation and three of those days without high wind! We ended up having to use the rain date last week for a farm tour, and it was a beautiful day! We enjoyed hosting 75 Des Moines Christian School students, their...

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Pictured above is the Vander Wilt family of rural Sully.            By Megan Pothoven With summer coming up, a fresh, juicy grilled hamburger sounds refreshing. Rather than shopping for meat at the grocery store, the Vander Wilts, of Sully, have fresh meat available for purchase. Trevor and Janae Vander Wilt, who have been married 20 years and live...

Time just keeps marching on!  We have had an exciting, eventful month! Emily and Braden have moved to a new place (10 minutes from the farm!) On one of their moving days, we had a load of cattle that went out first thing in the morning; we unloaded some of their belongings, and in the afternoon a...

Sunshine is here, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Spring is such a breath of fresh air. I love being able to take the kids outside with light jackets, especially because Penelope has been asking since January if each day she can wear a swimsuit and flip flops. Needless to say, we have two summer-loving...

Hayden and Blair walked down the aisle as ring bearer and flower girl, and I was the matron of honor at my sister’s wedding last month. We all made it down the aisle just fine! It’s been a busy season of weddings for our family.     By Megan Pothoven We had another wedding in the family as my...