Sleep
My alarm was set for 4 am this morning but it didn’t go off. I was out of bed at 3:42 and making coffee, alarm...Read More
What Do You Do?
That age-old question, designed to assign value based on the manner in which you pad your bank account (and not often related to the amount...Read More
Another Season Down
That's it, another growing season in the books... sort of. It's the end of this year's CSA deliveries, anyway. 20 weeks ago, as June rolled...Read More
Small Farm / Hobby Farm / Farm
8 years ago when I decided to quit my job and buy a farm, we approached the bank for a pre-arranged mortgage. We were clear...Read More
Stars
Tonight, 10:40, barn check. I pull my coveralls over my flannel pajamas and step outside. It is dark, my eyes take a moment to adjust,...Read More
Carl.
There's only one way to describe our relationship with Carl. "It's complicated." Carl was a Katahdin ram. He came to us as a bottle baby,...Read More
Growing
It's been over a year since I've written anything and it's been the hardest year I've ever experienced. I've started writing many times and stopped...Read More
5 Years In – an Autumn Reflection
Summer is gone. It seems like eons ago that I was stressing over weeds and succession planting and watering and... it's gone. The trees are...Read More
It’s 9:48 pm…
...on a Wednesday night. About an hour or so past my bedtime. But an hour or so ago I was eating supper, last night's leftovers,...Read More
Teste Situations
Yesterday was another milestone here on the farm. Yesterday we sent our first lamb to freezer camp. Well, Troy actually did the deed. I was...Read More
Homily to the Homely
Wherever there's spray-free produce there's also an abundance of ugly produce...it's a fact. Things often go sideways when you grow without pesticides and chemical fertilizers....Read More
The Price is Wrong
It's veggie season again and that means those of us who sell produce at market have to step away from the fields and weeds for...Read More