la petite armée de fromage

The little St. Marcellin buttons at one week in the cave

the beauty of the barter

At the farmer's market I traded some cheese for a beautiful bag of organic vegetables: parsley, garlic, daikon radish, tatsoi greens, broccoli, kale and watermelon radishes

first farmer's market

Boss Margaret at my table at the Traverse City Commons, an historic state hospital that has been converted into shops, restaurants and art galleries - they hold an indoor farmer's market all Winter, and Saturday was the opening day -  http://www.thevillagetc.com/farmers_market.html

A close up of my new banner and Dad-welded frame - the market is open from 10-2 on Saturdays and I was completely sold out of cheese within the first 2 hours!  It was great.

cutting the cheese like a pro

My new cheese cutting knife!

A gift from the M. Kurta Council on Cheese Advocacy

I'm tanked

The State of Michigan sent me my $50 "bulk milk tanker permit", which is funny, as it will be affixed to my used Ford Explorer.  So bulk.

Meauwataka cabin

There is a beautiful little log cabin just a mile from my farm at the start of the Meauwataka highway between Kingsley and Cadillac.  The breadth of the planks they used to build it were so wide, it only took three to create the whole height of the cabin.  It has a private property sign on it, but is otherwise abandoned - I wish it were mine!

autumn bright

sun through the trees in the morning