everything is in bloom here on the farm and high winds and a freeze are on the way... this is how our seedlings made it through the night with both greenhouse doors compromised (or blown out) by a 55 mph gust at sunset.

sometimes you just miss the ones you love and you feel a little heartache. an old folk cure for grief is the sweet violet or viola spp. - includes a recipe link for making candied violets.

it's acting like spring here in the holler...

by Chappell on our previous farm

in tibetan buddhism there is a saying: "our greatest enemy is our greatest teacher"
i have never considered anyone an enemy, i might be someone's enemy, but never intentionally, and i would never reciprocate. enemies do not exist in my belief system ... until saturday, february 27th. that day i came upon my enemy. my enemy was not a person, and in fact, my enemy took no sentient form at all. it was an extenuating set of circumstances: the circumstance of being unprepared for a dire medical emergency with our working dog: alone, without a vehicle or a phone, for days, just me, the internet, and my dog.

by Gianni on our previous farm

there is a symbiotic relationship between wildcrafter and the plants they harvest... it's important to provide in kind for them. wild harvesting doesn't mean simply taking what is there. it means establishing a working relationship, fostering the plants' health and well being, so they can do the same for you. including a how-to on propogating elderberry from cuttings.

by Chappell on our previous farm

by Gianni on our previous farm

We reserve the bulk of our minimal freezer space for deer meat, leftover stock pots of soup and the temporary storage of seasonal wine fruit windfalls; so we dry or dehydrate most of our winter stock pile of produce.

by Chappell on our previous farm

by Chappell on our previous farm