I was on a call with other farmer-parents last week when I realized something: we were all struggling to live out the story of a family farm. You know: the one where we’re self-sufficient, where the kids roam safely and freely, where the parents get the chores done and we all sit down to dinner …
This essay was originally published in Local Banquet in 2015. With both hands, I reach into the crate of chickens. “I’m sorry!” I say to the chicken as it flaps in my less-than-confident grasp. The butcher just showed me how to properly handle a bird: two hands on their legs, chest down, and pick up. …
It’s cold here in Vermont — on Thursday it rained, snowed, hailed, and was sunny, cloudy, and windy all in one day. April is tricky like this, bringing us birdsong and melting snow, but also testing our resolve. When it’s dry enough, we can work the beds outside. When it’s too wet, we can work …
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At the end of 2019 I felt it again: deep exhaustion. Not simply on a physical level, but a soul one. As if even while sleeping I was pushing, running, trying to “get it all done.” The spring, summer, and fall were too busy to notice this. During the rest of the year I could …
August 1st. Summer arrived so late this year that it feels short, and yet here we are: August. The time of year when we oscillate between gratitude for the bounty of harvest and the exhaustion of mounting work. I feel it in the length of to-do lists, harvest lists, and the number of items that …
From a yurt to a whole farm, join me for a farm tour of Good Heart Farmstead. See where we started, how we grow, and what we do on our Vermont organic farm.
