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Farm Girl Goes Wild

Daniel and I have taken a mountain trip together every year since 2011. We backpacked on our first trips. Then we went out from a...

Death. Why Take It Personally?

Yesterday, Jenn walked out of a chicken house gingerly holding a rat trap. A large rat scurried back and forth inside as I took the cage...

A Love Letter to the Future

In October of 2009, I walked into the north pasture and sat next to a four-year-old European chestnut tree. I've been back every day...

Reframing Success

2019 has been a year of humility. My wild idea of adding horse power to the farm has been one setback after another. Big Blue the truck...

My Farm Baby

"You have a child, it just happens to be a farm," said a wise auntie of mine. I've never had a strong urge to produce offspring out of...

Pick Your Poison

"Ag worker housing. Better zoning. A local USDA processing plant, and a commercial canning facility." The wishes flew around the...

Believe It or Not, the Goats Love Me

Whenever someone else milks the goats, the goats hold milk back. The substitute milker wrings out the last drop, then I go take a turn. ...

Adventures in Rural Hair Care

How about NOT buying plastic bottles of shampoo? Even in bulk, the practice was bothering me. Eggs are emulsifiers, right? My fine,...

What Are These Peaches Worth?

I canned 100 pounds of organic peaches, and gave many of those golden quart jars to our winter farm-subscription share customers when our...

Hi Ho, The Derry-O, the Farmer's in the Death

My fantasies of Old-MacDonald idyll have been shattered by years of actually coaxing food from the earth. As I sweep weeds out of the...