Every year I choose a word of the year: 2017 was gentle; 2018 community; 2019 was alignment. This year it’s connection. Not just the surface connection of social media follows and likes — but true, deep-rooted, honest connection. Pulling back the layers, diving into the deeper aspects of farming, mothering, running a business, and what …
I didn’t farm this summer. Sure, I kept the office side of the farm going — sending out CSA newsletters, managing new sign-ups and bookkeeping — but for all intents and purposes, I didn’t farm. Instead, I wrote. I planned. I took my dog for walks in the woods while a new vision took form …
The Summer I Didn’t Farm: what happens when we take a step in the opposite direction Read More »
When it comes to farming and running a business, there are only a few certain things: The sun will rise in the morning, the sun will set at night, and there will always be more to do. There are far more uncertain things — the biggest one being the question, will this work? Will I …
I started farming 10 years ago, never meaning for it to become my career. I just wanted a summer job after college to figure out what I was really going to do with my life. At the end of the summer, I’d be traveling with my boyfriend to New Zealand and assumed we’d move …
Winter strode in quickly and definitively this week, with whipping winds that plunged us to 1ºF on Wednesday night, making this morning’s 20ºF feel warm, and the forecasted snow storm welcome. (Even though it’s been 3 years since we moved out of the yurt, I still associate lots of snow with extra insulation—heavy snow years always …
Today Waylon told me, “I want you to have 3 more babies, so you can have 3 more soft bellies, and then you’ll have 4 soft bellies and I can touch all of them.” He explained to me that each baby I had would produce a subsequent belly on my back and each side. 5-year-olds …
To Young Farmer Moms: Strength is in the Softness Read More »
