Jun 20, 2019 | Fiber Studio, Homesteading Skills, Life, Summer time
Join us in welcoming our summer 2019 Fiber Interns. They’ll we working in the studio throughout the week and hosting the Fiber on the Porch demos throughout the summer. Meet the Interns Zelda Mazon-Freedman Zelda Mazor-Freedman is a fiber artist and writer from...
Jun 5, 2019 | Farming, Homesteading Skills, Life
A few years back I wrote a few essays based on a reaction to several frustrating encounters with family, friends and neighbors and their views/perception of farming as a career option. “The Art of Farming” and “Creating a Purposeful Life” offer a response and a...
May 6, 2019 | Farming, Life
Twelve years ago, a year after saying good bye to our former dog, Bernice (our matriarch Llama) would communicate with Nancy (our animal communicator) about the fact that a dog will be coming to me. It would be the male runt of the litter. A week later, I received a...
Mar 28, 2019 | Life, Spring Time
Spring has always been known as the time of year that we all get outside, rake up debris, clean up the ditches, clean the house, discard stuff that has been hanging about that has no purpose. Growing up, spring cleaning at our house included all windows, walls,...
Feb 14, 2019 | Farming, Life
I was recently asked to speak in an upcoming event this spring to a group of investors, entrepeanurs and local businesses about a topic of interest that could potentially get them to invest in an idea, product or project that the farm has and or needs financial...
Jan 23, 2019 | Farming, Life
(changing the way we think about farming) In my work with several professors and teachers throughout the state on a course I entitled “Creating a Purposeful Life”, students are asked to ponder the idea of farming as a viable lifestyle option. As part of their...
