My Day Off: July 13th

July is a tough month. Many people are on vacation or want to be, the weather is at times unbearable for not only humans, but animals as well. Our patience runs short and everyone just wants to go swimming. Growing up on my family farm, swimming did take place, but...

Weaving and Other Important Life Lessons

This past Sunday marked three weeks since I have come to live as an intern at Nezinscot farm. While I am over 1200 miles from my family and friends I somehow feel as if I’ve finally made it to my real home. What is unusual about this place, unlike any others that I...

My Day Off: June 13th

As I write this morning, I am still wearing my wool hat and vest, anticipating that warm weather and some well needed rain to get the gardens growing is on its way. With my three interns here for the season, we tackled some of the planting after a few hours of...

My Day Off: May 6th

With mother’s day just around the corner, I thought this weeks post should reflect a bit about just that. Having been a bit under the weather a week ago, I couldn’t help but think about not ever remembering my mother being sick. If she was, we never knew...