Month: March 2026

Friday we picked up on a fertility sequence that has been a focus of mine since last summer. The “back of the north”, a section of the farm that is about 7200 square feet in area, is a section bounded by the orange hoophouse on the west and the back of the field melting quickly…

March 23, 2026 Truckers and Other Delivery People On Friday, Ross Trucking showed up with our annual tote of VT Compost Potting Soil. As Marissa and Clare and I stood waiting in the driveway for Big Dog to show up with the load, I dropped back into a muse state around the 35 or so…

It was with a sense of utmost wonder that I observed the passing of the snow over this past week. It isn’t all gone yet, but the vegetable fields are almost clear (with the outlier being parts of the garden) and the orchards are completely clear of the mountains of snow that we have been…

This may be the only newsletter you read that moves from house cleaning to war, but I try to share what is uppermost in my mind during any week, and I am overwhelmed by the news of the US attack on Iran. It seems that from the inception of this country, even before we were…

The feng sui folks will tell you that it is an act of self-love to clean out and clean up one’s space to make room for the new, whatever that might be. I have to say they must be smiling on us right now. Matt and Jack have spent hours and hours going through all…