New Land July 28, 2015Meg DiMercurio Shortly after we bought our home/land I was eyeing the neighbors land that bumped up next to mine. I really wanted to add 5 acres of fully farmable, black dirt...
Heritage Piglets 4 Sale! July 28, 2015Meg DiMercurio Registered Tamworths: Selectively artificial inseminated for great genes. I have 2 females and 1 male for sale. Male is currently intact. He is a gorgeous, stocky and already muscular. Females...
ModernRoots Store: products & ingredients June 27, 2015Meg DiMercurio It has come to my attention that I do not blog about my products or the ingredients I use. What a tragedy! So here we go...First, the name ModernRoots is...
ModernRoots Store is MOVING! June 27, 2015Meg DiMercurio To a larger, new facility 1/2 mile away from the current store. Actual address is 4 205th street NW, Buffalo MN. Close to Second Hand Rose, the railroad tracks, behind...
Successful A.I.'s!!! June 27, 2015Meg DiMercurio I did it! I successfully artificially inseminated two of my heritage sows. Big Mama, my mangalitsa, and Tammy, my Tamworth. I ordered my boar semen from Internation Boar Semen in...
Fermenting Classes! April/May 2015 April 09, 2015Meg DiMercurio FERMENTED CLASSES!!!All classes are Tuesday evenings from 630-8pm and $15 each class per person @The ModernRoots Store - 4 1st avenue NE Buffalo, MNApril 28st: Kombucha -culture available at classMay...
Breathing New Life Into History: Jars March 30, 2015Meg DiMercurio Is it luck or fate? I got to the store at about 9 am yesterday and many times I leave the door unlocked. It doesn't bother me if my customers or...
February- Love is in the air February 16, 2015Meg DiMercurio Besides Valentine's day, on the homestead, love is in the air. February is breeding time for many animals in order to have spring babies. It is a great month for...
A New Canning Closet January 25, 2015Meg DiMercurio One of my favorite parts of homesteading is canning. I love to see my garden in jars during the winter months. Preserving the bounty of summer is great fun, but...
Get Fermented in FEBRUARY! January 20, 2015Meg DiMercurio Fermenting in February 2015 classes are posted!!! I know many of you have been patiently waiting... All classes are held at the ModernRoots Store 4 1st avenue NE, Buffalo MN...
The Modern Homestead December 18, 2014Meg DiMercurio As Christmas nears, the days get shorter and the house gets cozier. The animals on the homestead are much slower and often found hunkered down in their shelters or berms....
Holiday Store Hours December 17, 2014Meg DiMercurio ModernRoots Store4 1st avenue NE Buffalo MN 55313Christmas hours! Tuesday 23rd: 10-6Thursday 25th ClosedFriday 26th ClosedREOPEN Saturday 27th 10-5**bring your family! They will want out of the house;)