Author: wildflowerfarm

  • Hope In The Greenhouse

    Hope In The Greenhouse

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    wildflowerfarm

    The future of our lives and of our world is what we plant right now. Starting a garden is always an act of hope, and of defiance. Hope of a brighter day, defiance against the wilderness, or surrounding concrete, defiance against, a climate that more and more is trying to take us out. A garden…

  • The List

    The List

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    wildflowerfarm

    Every 6 months to a year, the book club I organize meets, not for a movie night. Not for a discussion of a shared book experience. Nonono. We meet, to argue the merits of what we will be reading next.

  • Running Late

    Running Late

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    wildflowerfarm

    It was not warm today. It was warmer than it has been of late. It was wet, the fog, the pride of New England, rising off the gradually fading snow I was treasuring like precious pearls strewn on the ground. The last few years have been snowless. One overly warm winter,  divested us of our…

  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

    Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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    wildflowerfarm

    The book club just finished Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. It was absolutely brilliant. It was exactly what the world needs in this moment. Exactly what we all need in this moment. Yaa Gyasi, invested insane amounts of time in the research of this book. Not reading it is an actual insult to the labor she…

  • The Importance of Self Care And a Life

    The Importance of Self Care And a Life

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    wildflowerfarm

    Generally I try to stay less focused on politics here on this blog. I do that for many reasons. One being I want it to be a place where all people feel relatively comfortable. Unfortunately, I gotta go there for a minute. It happens every once in a while. Let me start out by saying…

  • Homestead Planning

    Homestead Planning

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    wildflowerfarm

    I suspect, the most important thing I do on my homestead is to plan. Not so much the blue print of the farm, as in where to put what on the land.  I mean, more the cycle of the seasons and of life. What we need when to have what we need. What must be…

  • Resistance Muffins, Just For You! You Know Who You Are.

    Resistance Muffins, Just For You! You Know Who You Are.

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    wildflowerfarm

    Today, I was asked when I posted photos of my breakfast muffins if I shipped to the UK. The answer is unfortunately no. I am a homesteader. I cook mainly for myself and my family. I also have allergies to chemical additives often found acting as preservatives in baked goods. Deadly allergies. So there is…

  • We Were Promised Snow

    We Were Promised Snow

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    wildflowerfarm

    People often assume… That living out where there be dragons on the map, means life is highly uneventful. They ask what do I do with myself all day? Or, do I ever get bored being so far from the bright centers of the universe? The answer is… Boredom is rare. I understand most people need…

  • The Important Things

    The Important Things

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    wildflowerfarm

    The air has had a nasty bitter bite and the wind has lashed all day long, making the sharp, hibernal air feel like a blade scratching the skin. It was actually physically painful to feel the air on your skin today. A truly New England day was on display at it’s best, minus the proper…

  • Home

    Home

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    wildflowerfarm

    This is the road to Wildflower Farm. It is my road home. For how long is anyone’s guess. It has been 11 years thus far. Home, is a strange thing… Never quite what you want it to be or dream of it being. I can imagine 50 acres and a wood burning cook stove… But…