Amy Doeun

About me

Amy lives with her husband and growing brood on the Eastside of St.Paul. They have chickens in the backyard and a goal to live simply and sustainably. She is a full time mother, part time writer and passionate farmer. She and her husband rent land from the Minnesota Food Association where they run their Crazy Boy Farm. Her blog is www.CrazyBoyFarm.com

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Beekeeping begins

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

This week the children came running to the house as excited as could be to tell us, "The bees are in the tree!"MORE »

Thoughts on goats

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

This weekend we did one of those crazy things we are getting known for--like farming. Yes at 8:00 in the morning we loaded all our children, 4 and counting in the suburban and drove to Little Canada to pick-up the 2 colonies of bees we had ordered. We were not sure the exact day they would come in so we had planned to also pick up 3 more goats that day. No big deal right?MORE »

Building Week projects on the farm

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

In my last post I wrote that this past week was "building week." Proeun intended to request off in May but a "mistake" ended up being really valuable for us since we have so so many building projects right now and soon our time will be devoted to the fields. So here are just a few of our projects.MORE »

Meet Ginger

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

Let me just say I really like goats. Maybe it is the trips I make frequently to the Wells Fargo Family Farm at the Zoo or my interest is heritage breed animals but I do really enjoy goats.MORE »

Grandpa Time--model farm

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

We are so so blessed in so many ways but one way is with incredibly supportive and dare I say fun parents. The children love spending time with their grandparents and now that we actually have a guest bedroom love having sleepovers with grandma and grandpa.MORE »

Family favorite: St. Croix birdwatching

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

We are developing quite the list of family favorites up here as we settle in to our new life. This weekend we went "cruising" to try and find the easiest way to the St. Croix River from our house. The St. Croix is a federally protected river which means much of its shore stays wild and it is perfect for canoeing, hiking and we discovered this weekend birdwatching.MORE »

Family favorites: Firefly Bistro

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

The move has been much much smoother then I expected honestly. Everyone seems to have settled into life on our farm in Rush City like we have always been there, or perhaps like we were always meant to be. Some things I do miss though, like the restaurants.MORE »

7th Annual Immigrant and Minority Farmer Conference

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

For 4 years now we have attended the Immigrant and Minority Farmer Conference. Our alma mater (so to speak) Minnesota Food Association is one of the host organizations of this conference that in a very real way changed our lives. I remember 4 years ago being so nervous and really clueless about most things agricuutural.MORE »

Chicks arrive

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

I had planned on writing about the amazing Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference I attended for the 4th year in a row and this year presented at. But that will have to wait till Friday because I am brimming with news about the chicks.

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Making home--studio

By Amy Doeun, Crazy Boy Farm

I always thought of studios as something for "serious" artists, but after reading Soule Mama for going on 2 years now I see a studio as a place to create beauty in all forms, and a place to include children. That's why in our wonderful new home the studio and homeschooling room are one in the same. I will give more details on the room soon.MORE »