Stone on stone. A living metaphor for our farm. I’m sitting on my deck overlooking the Boquet Mountains. It’s dusk and the birds are performing a unique sonic backdrop I’ve not heard before. Possibly a mixture of new mating calls and conversations that is marked by this time of year. The orchestra has now finished […]
Tag Archives: farming
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Mar
Mar
Kimmy and I have had several awesome experiences as guests traveling abroad and working on farms in exchange for room and board. We made chevre in Brittany (that’s the photo you see above) and tended Icelandic sheep in Copenhagen. We used organizations like WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms) and we had good success […]
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Sep
Sep
You could say that the first major item in our farm renovation has begun with a bang! We recently took down an old silo because it was severely rotted at the base and just too far gone to fix. Tin roof! Rusted… The one on the right (that I point out in [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vYEoYIwmXsA&rel=0″ width=”800″ […]
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Aug
Aug
Glamping (or glamour camping) I’ve heard is quite a big trend in luxury accommodations. While our glamping garage is not luxurious, we like to joke that it is! At this point in the journey we’re thankful just to be able to camp indoors. Any time that can be spent at the farm working in the […]
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Aug
Aug
I talked about some much needed inspiration in my last post and a recent full diet farming workshop has helped me “fill up” on practical ideas to one day apply to our small organic farm. Old Ford Farm in New Paltz, NY At a recent NOFA-NY event, Becky and Joe Fullan of Old Ford Farm […]
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Jul
Jul
Well, what about the barn? “You can’t have a farm without a proper barn?!” Well, actually you can. Either way, we have one. It’s red and large and it needs a big hug. Actually, a hug won’t make it feel that much better. Some TLC? That just won’t cut it. Tough love? I think it will just […]
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Jun
Jun
When I started this blog well over a year ago I talked a lot about starting a small farm from scratch as our mission. Well now that we have this farm I can’t in all honesty say that we’re starting totally from scratch anymore. A more accurate assessment is that we’re bringing an old farm […]
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May
May
With land now under our feet, I’ve embarked on a whole farm planning mission to see the bigger picture and gain insight into the living farm as a whole. Surely no small task and one that cannot be fully explained in one blog post. Rather, I thought it useful to share my humble beginnings in […]
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