Farm
Maine Maple Sunday
March 23, 2009
March just isn't March without mud, sunshine, snow, ice and maple syrup.
The farm in March
March 13, 2009
Yesterday was the last winter farm share pick up. A day both sad and sweet. Sad because the next pick up, the first of the regular summer share, is 2 months away. Sweet because the end of the winter season means only one thing... spring is on it's way. In ...
Finding fall at the farm
October 18, 2008
Two weeks worth of mail is still piled on my desk, together with passports, travel documents and school notes. It's a mess. But the laundry is hanging on this breezy sunshine day and our fridge is stocked with farm veggies. Boy is it ever stocked! The weekly shares officially ended ...
Super Sweet Farm Day
June 27, 2008
Pickin Eatin The kids and I spent time at 4 farms yesterday. We started at Claybrook Farms where Celine was taking horse riding lessons, yesterday's was the last. To honor that occasion we simply had to stop at Nezinscot, farm number 2, on the way home for farm bakery cinnamon ...
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
June 3, 2008
Watched a great movie this weekend that I wholeheartedly recommend seeing. The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a documentary about a family farm turned CSA farm, but it is so much more than that. It's a story about a man and his love for his land. His family's past, ...
Farm Appreciation
May 28, 2008
I love being an urban family, with a 5 minute walk to work for Daddy, yet 15 minutes from real, honest-to-goodness farms. The kind with horses, cows, chickens, llamas, organic vegetables, pastures and occasionally pea fowl. Not gazillion acre soybean or corn "operations". I love Maine. This morning Celine started ...
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - a review
April 16, 2008
Overall, the book was a fantastic read. Kingsolver is engaging, funny, convincing and just an all round excellent writer. The book is an eat your local veggies and meat mantra but the narrative of her family keeps it personal and interesting.
