Our Book
This is a memoir of our lives and sometimes risky decisions. We relate our early years, meeting and raising kids, and building the farm, the organic movement and a healthy community. We didn’t always go along with what most Americans were doing, especially in the areas of diet and health care, employment, debt and consumerism, energy use, and culture. In this book we explain what we did, why we did it, and how it turned out. We hope it is both entertaining and helpful to people wanting to fashion a purposeful life.
– Jack and Julie
Nutrition in Addiction Recovery Study
Soil Carbon Restoration: Can Biology Do the Job?
by Jack Kittredge
Internationally acclaimed and in 9 languages,
this paper explains the problem of carbon dioxide buildup and climate change, how carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and restored to the soil, and the advantages that can come to farmers and consumers from growing in carbon-rich soils.
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Kaleidoscope
Afnaan from Clarke U and I were sitting on the grass eating lunch Friday and discussing his parents’ country of origin – India, and agreeing that India is a kaleidoscope of colors, and noises, and people, landscapes, mammoth cities, and vehicles, etc. I feel this past week has been the same here on the farm:…
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It Doesn’t get much better
As I think back over the week and the tens of folks who passed through our front door, it is a kaleidoscope of fond memories and appreciation for so much labor on behalf of this farm. Those who have come here for a while might notice that I am more organized each day and thus…
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The First Frost
As we were picking tomatoes off of vines on Friday to prepare for the numerous frosty nights this week, my 42 memories of the first frosts of the fall all came tumbling back. Last minute was the theme in the past, and to be fair to me back then, I don’t think it was as…
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At 6’s and 7’s
As they say. . . It seems I just got home, worried sick about Ellen’s safety, we lost our well (perhaps in solidarity with Helene sufferers) and then spent 3 days in the hospital with Jack. I am always intrigued by Jack’s visits to the hospital which means me going along, bringing food, advocating, playing…
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Scab
I find that I keep my head in the sand until I am ready to take it out .. . About a month ago, a guy came by to check out the farm who considers himself somewhat of an expert on things agricultural. He reported that our apple trees are in terrible shape. As much…
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Sometimes we just hit it right
Although as I get older, I am likely to take no, or at least limited credit than I used to, for things that turn out just right on the farm, I wanted to share this wonderful mid-September, all systems running perfectly experience with our mid-July planting of early wonder tall top beets. As our Saturday…