My husband and I have lived in the country for almost a decade. I was chatting with another rural dweller yesterday, and we laughed a bit about how our lifestyles haven’t really changed that much with isolation. We are used to staying home. After all, we moved to the country for the peace and quiet… Continue reading A View From the Farm
Category: Living
Birds, Bees and Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is the poet of farmer and nature dweller alike. He is my favorite writer, poet, fiction, nonfiction, and I’m excited to say he liked my tweet. For World Poetry Day, I linked to the Mad Farmer Liberation Front: Ask the questions that have no answers. Wendell Berry Mad Farmer Liberation Front https://t.co/JPDN0LOPyP #WorldPoetryDay —… Continue reading Birds, Bees and Wendell Berry
The Farm in Transition 2016
As the title suggests, 2016 has been a transition year here at Bottle Tree Farm. We said good-bye to the last of the pigs in 2015. Now, thanks to the wily fox, we are down to a small flock of fowl: three turkeys (two toms and a hen), two chickens, and two ducks. The turkeys… Continue reading The Farm in Transition 2016
Very Overdue Update Plus Angry Bees
Four months? Really? I didn’t do an update all summer? I was busier than ever with workshops this spring and summer. My flower garden was lovely in the late Spring, early Summer and then I started to travel. Newspaper and mulch helped some but eventually the weeds won out. We also decided to add another… Continue reading Very Overdue Update Plus Angry Bees
First Day of Spring
Another winter is exiting in a flurry of mud and fluxuating temperatures. It seems a very long time since my last post. Life on the farm always has its ups and downs. We lost a few pigs this winter and it’s always sad. And, today, we saw the fox that has been picking off our… Continue reading First Day of Spring
Happy New Year!
This Life We Lead
We couldn’t help but be moved by the tribute to farmers aired during the Super Bowl even though we don’t fit the portrait perfectly: But, somehow over the past two years, we have become farmers, somewhat on our own terms and in our own style, but we are farmers. A cold wet snow was falling… Continue reading This Life We Lead
Another Year at the Farm
The family is on the way to celebrate Christmas at the farm so I can only take a quick break to wish everyone a peaceful holiday and a magical new year! If you want to know what we’ve been up to, browse the blog…we’ve settled into country life, learning how to live on a farm… Continue reading Another Year at the Farm
Slideshow
Here’s a slideshow version of yesterday’s mosaic:
A Picture Is Worth…
1. Cardinal Flower, 2. Wildflower, 3. Mexican Fritillary, 4. Onions, 5. Two Days Old, 6. The Corn Is As High…, 7. Red Chard, 8. Chick, 9. Farm Sign, 10. Cauliflower, 11. Wildflowers and Barn, 12. Yellow Hollyhocks, 13. Pink Hollyhocks, 14. Blackberries, 15. Patty Pan, 16. Fennel, 17. Orange Chard, 18. Black Eyed Susan, 19.… Continue reading A Picture Is Worth…