I have been thinking about failure this week.
Earlier this week, I was called out for being too slow harvesting a certain crop. Something i’ve been slow at pretty consistently, despite taking all the advice i can on speeding up.
Feeling like i’m trying to do my best, and then … continue reading →
When I was a boy, I didn’t like to “weed”. It seemed uselessly arbitrary, unappreciated, relentlessly never-ending. An utterly boring chore that took up valuable Saturday time I could spend running around the woods with friends. It wasn’t lost on my parents that this is how I felt, but they … continue reading →
Hello Friends!
It has been a busy week here on the farm with lots of new crops to harvest, days full of work, and evenings full of deep rest. Yesterday we harvested garlic which last year’s apprentices planted in the fall. It was probably one of my favorite farm moments … continue reading →
Today the opening question to our work meeting was, “When does a plant become food?” Is it food once its harvested? Is it food once its been processed through the pack out? When does the direction and intention of the plant’s life become nourishment for other living creatures?
Some of … continue reading →
I’m not a huge environmentalist. Not one of those preachy, save the environment is my primary goal type people. It’s not that i don’t care about the environment, but my main thing i care about is people. This is the narrative i told myself for many years.
I started … continue reading →