QUICK NOTE: This story is from 2018. The FSA Beginning Farmer programs are still active as of this writing—the continuing…
“Augh,” I muttered as snow wedged itself around my ankle inside my sneakers. “Shoulda worn my muck boots for this.”…
On this rainy spring day, I’m taking a break while bread is baking to read this week’s farm update aloud—bringing…
Let it be known that this was the year I decided if I’m gonna write anyway, I may as well…
Rounding out the week with a Miyazaki Marathon on Sunday afternoon, I’m decidedly grateful for having made the most of…
Take a look back some 17 years and you’d find me raising babies in the woods with no running water.…
Glowing embers crackled softly in the fireplace as the last fire of 2023 burned to ashes. The young woman lay…
It was Mom for the win this Christmas on the farm, when I surprised BraeTek by painting his room. I'm…
We woke to a marshmallow world on Monday, farm and landscape blanketed in white. The cold and snow of winter…
The day-to-day on a small farm might seem mundane, but the immersion has become my addiction. Growing and making food,…