SHEEP SHEARING.
On Thursday, we helped Cher shear her Shetlands (tongue twister!) Jesse and I still have a dream of our own wool sheep, so it was fun to get some experience. The kids gathered around while they took breaks from hunting for fiddlehead ferns and morels. It was a long day filled with sore backs, but a day spent with the Bugtussle family is a day well spent.- Hannah.
A WALK WITH WENDELL.
We took our new camera and our giant puppy on a walk to check on the mushroom logs. Remember those? Well, we are just now enjoying the first fruits of last years labor, and we are about to inoculate another 20 logs next week. Hooray for Shiitakes!
THIS & THAT.
Treasures from Livi. 
Jesse and Trousers.
Opal and frog eggs. 
This store in Nashville saved our butts when we realized we didn't have green tomato seeds.
Typical springtime uniform.
ROLF AND DAUGHTERS.
Farmers don't often get to eat at the restaurants they supply. We eat a lot of really great meals with really great produce, but rarely do we get the experience of eating food in the hands of professional cooks. Then, last Friday, though none of our produce is currently on the menu, we got to experience the skills of our friend Philip Krajeck's Nashville restaurant Rolf and Daughters as diners. Oh man.We were joined for dinner by our friends The Breedings along with their respective better halves. This crew has eaten at some of the best restaurants in the country – from New York to Napa – yet by the end of the evening we all struggled to remember a meal so throughly satisfying. I fail even now to name a favorite dish of our night at R.A.D. – an appropriate acronym if ever one existed. Every dish — and there were many, many dishes — was probably my favorite.We look forward to supplying Rolf and Daughters with more food this year (and then eating there again), knowing that our food is decidedly in good hands. Anyway, I'll spare you the blabbering, let the pictures do the talking, and only add that if you are anywhere within a day or two's drive of Nashville, do yourself a favor and stop by this place.- Jesse.
