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Mar 15, 20223 min

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...

Aug 19, 20214 min

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...

Aug 3, 20214 min

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...

Dec 21, 20204 min

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...

Jul 9, 20202 min

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...

Jun 22, 20203 min

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...

May 31, 20203 min

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...

May 29, 20205 min

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...

May 1, 20202 min

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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