Updates From the Farm

The Work That Makes All the Other Work Possible

Nobody photographs the fence. If you think about it—we photograph the garden inside the fence. The cute lambs. The goat…

2 days ago

Live with Farmer Sam👩‍🌾🐑🌱

This week I finally walked the back corner of my conservation acreage for the first time this season—calf-deep in snow…

2 days ago

How I Bought a Farm w No Money

QUICK NOTE: This story is from 2018. The FSA Beginning Farmer programs are still active as of this writing—the continuing…

2 days ago

Breaking Trail

Over the course of the last week, I’ve been out breaking trail in more ways than one. From the Back-40…

4 days ago

How I Bought a Farm w No Money

QUICK NOTE: This story is from 2018. The FSA Beginning Farmer programs are still active as of this writing—the continuing…

1 week ago

It’s Okay to Be Messy

“Augh,” I muttered as snow wedged itself around my ankle inside my sneakers. “Shoulda worn my muck boots for this.”…

1 week ago

Homesteading By Necessity

On this rainy spring day, I’m taking a break while bread is baking to read this week’s farm update aloud—bringing…

2 weeks ago

If I’m Gonna Write Anyway

Let it be known that this was the year I decided if I’m gonna write anyway, I may as well…

1 year ago

Miyazaki Marathon

Rounding out the week with a Miyazaki Marathon on Sunday afternoon, I’m decidedly grateful for having made the most of…

1 year ago

Raising Babies in the Woods With No Running Water

Take a look back some 17 years and you’d find me raising babies in the woods with no running water.…

2 years ago