From the first of the year on, we begin the slow but steady work of building another season on the farm. The seeds are ordered right away (actually before the new year this year), planting schedules are made, the year’s business plan and goals are hemmed and hawed over until written down as good. By [...]
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In the month of May
Posted in challenges, cycles, family, farm, farming, home, spring, summer, Uncategorized, tagged csa harvest, family, farming, mother, planting, seasons, spring, summer on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
she farms in a tutu…
Posted in children, family, farm, farming, home, poetry, Uncategorized, tagged daughter, family, farming, mother, poem on May 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
and sings “grow, plants, grow” to each seedling she helps place in the ground. She coddles the young plants with tender hands and sweet words, just like I used to do with her when she emerged into this world, full of light. With her, rocks and pine cones and even me and the chickens, we [...]
Spring awakening
Posted in changes, children, community, CSA, cycles, family, farm, farming, gardening, home, nature, seasonal eating, soil, spring, Uncategorized, winter, writing, tagged family, farming, planting, rhythym, seasons, spring, winter on April 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Now that we are almost a full month into spring, a good four months into the new year, and well, a few months more than that since the last blog post, it seems well past time to begin filling these pages again with some farm news. A farm is quiet in the winter, but our [...]
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