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.

The flower arrangement of fresh cut “rooster-comb” blooms on Mom’s kitchen table reminds us of our late farm wife friend...
09/09/2026

The flower arrangement of fresh cut “rooster-comb” blooms on Mom’s kitchen table reminds us of our late farm wife friend Joann Scamerhorn who has her birthday at the end of this month making September extra special. She grew entire gardens filled with varieties of huge rooster-combs of every color she’d cut to share with all 😊

Happy Birthday to oldest sister Carol today at age 72 💐
09/08/2026

Happy Birthday to oldest sister Carol today at age 72 💐

Happy Labor Day Weekend and Back to School Memories!
09/06/2026

Happy Labor Day Weekend and Back to School Memories!

Happy Birthday to my older sister Pam today…shown front and center with comedienne Karen Knotts, daughter of the great D...
09/05/2026

Happy Birthday to my older sister Pam today…shown front and center with comedienne Karen Knotts, daughter of the great Don Knotts to her left, and Pam’s elementary school pals still at her side along with Mom, oldest sister Carol, far left, and myself at dinner this past March. 😊

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 🫐

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