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Finally, Finally

We purchased the farm in December of 2019 but had to wait until January 2022 to really take full possession. In the meantime, we...

Preserving the gifts

While being forced to hold off working on the farm for 2021 has, in many ways, been frustrating, one thing is proving evident: the garden...

Year Two: In a Holding Pattern

Summer 2021 and we've been in maximum telework for over a year and half. The Pandemic got us thinking about where we want to be and what...

A Wall becomes a Garage

Our first big build on the farm needed to be the garage. We need a place to store all our tools and growing stockpile of construction...

To Save a Wall

Bob"s grandfather, Fred Portigue, was a skilled mason. A major motivation in this farm project for Bob has to been to save and repair as...

Honey Honey

There's a truism acknowledged among Beekeepers: you'll never have better honey than what you get on your first harvest. No other honey...

Saving the Orchard

The Orchard I have dreamed of accomplishment I have fed ambition. I have traded nights of sleep for a length of work. Lo, and I have...

An Overabundance of Bees

After our first ever hive collapsed last fall, we've been mourning our loss and planning for a redemptive second year of beekeeping. We'd...

A Couch Daydream Becomes Reality

Why would two professionals at the height of their careers (and income earning) start daydreaming together about making a radical change,...

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