Paid the taxes with cash from my heating reserve, fought off a panic attack on the drive home, and planted…
Is anyone else really pissed off lately? A porch full of squash, a full winter pantry, garlic going in, and…
A lunch-lady job nearly ended Runamuk in 2025. This year I farmed full-time and fed six households. Now I get…
Picking my way between towering sunflowers and cornstalks, I sussed out the pumpkins and squashes hiding in that over-run patch.…
It felt good to dig the carrots, my hands in the dirt, and I could feel that tight coil inside…
Two down. Six to go. Steam rose from the manure and I was giddy with excitement as I backed the…
The (former) Runamuk rams. The realization that I no longer had the help I needed to keep the Runamuk sheep…
We sat on the low couch in a quiet room at the back of the Carrabassett veterinary center, eating Cape…
Nobody photographs the fence. If you think about it—we photograph the garden inside the fence. The cute lambs. The goat…
QUICK NOTE: This story is from 2018. The FSA Beginning Farmer programs are still active as of this writing—the continuing…