Phil Potempa’s From the Farm

Phil Potempa’s From the Farm Columnist & Author Philip Potempa invites you inside his family farm for recipes & relaxing memories.

Farm yard timeless weather tools on this 93-degree Sept. 2, 2026 Wednesday 🌞 Can you name all 4?
09/02/2026

Farm yard timeless weather tools on this 93-degree Sept. 2, 2026 Wednesday 🌞 Can you name all 4?

A thorny enemy of late summer… the sandbur!Sharp spikes that attach to skin, clothes and pets’ fur coats and reminds of ...
09/01/2026

A thorny enemy of late summer… the sandbur!
Sharp spikes that attach to skin, clothes and pets’ fur coats and reminds of the thorny bramble barrier in Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” from spell cast by the wicked black magic fairy Malicifent to keep the Prince from reaching Princess Aurora in her castle 🏰

Dolly Parton knew the lifetime recipes for both happiness and success ♥️🦋🎸
08/30/2026

Dolly Parton knew the lifetime recipes for both happiness and success ♥️🦋🎸

Just like the puzzles in the good ole “Ranger Rick” magazine I grew up with in the 1970s (and still in publication since...
08/29/2026

Just like the puzzles in the good ole “Ranger Rick” magazine I grew up with in the 1970s (and still in publication since 1967!)…click on this tree line landscape photo from the farm this morning and see if you can spot the 24-pound Maine c**n cat hiding 😊
Answer is in the comments section 🏆

08/28/2026

We have a new wave of mosquitoes at the farm from all the unusual August rain and this hungry garden spider was busy catching them all outside the farm kitchen window at supper-time dusk on the evening of the Full Sturgeon Moon and partial lunar eclipse 🕷️🕸️🌗

We’re still feeling blue at the farm with the passing of forever farm girl-turned iconic superstar Dolly Parton…Earlier ...
08/26/2026

We’re still feeling blue at the farm with the passing of forever farm girl-turned iconic superstar Dolly Parton…Earlier this month we made our annual batches of blueberry preserves and it reminded me of my interview with the late Denise Nickerson aka “Violet” from the 1971 film classic W***y Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 🫐

The September “webs” have arrived early this year. They weren’t on the farm back porch yesterday. The window-ledge gnome...
08/24/2026

The September “webs” have arrived early this year. They weren’t on the farm back porch yesterday. The window-ledge gnome looks more like sleepy Rip Van Winkle 😊

Ever wondered about Wagyu Beef… Chef Jay at Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa explains the difference and the details along wit...
08/23/2026

Ever wondered about Wagyu Beef… Chef Jay at Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa explains the difference and the details along with his delectable meatball recipe highlighted 😊

08/22/2026

This month’s August 2026 rains have yielded bumper amount births of baby toads…and they blend-in and camaflouge perfectly with the rocks along the farm’s old railroad way 🐸

Patches of mushrooms 🍄 popping up on the farm lawn in (a wet?) August is something rare. While mowing grass last week I ...
08/21/2026

Patches of mushrooms 🍄 popping up on the farm lawn in (a wet?) August is something rare. While mowing grass last week I felt like Wizard Gargamel and feline fiend Azrael destroying the Smurf Village lol

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