Transforming abused land into small, fertile, self‑sustaining farmsteads.

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The idea that anyone should read any part of our chronicles and come away with the idea that we always sing as we work, smile a lot, and agree about everything, would disturb us deeply.

Please get firmly in place an image of lots of people in a fairly small, somewhat shabby, not-too-clean home; people whose tastes and opinions clash just as much as anyone’s; people who, if they do the right thing, might well be doing it with the wrong attitude; people just like you, if you know what we mean.  We are messy, distracted, and selfish.  If we have something going for us, it is that we have a sort of blueprint for where we are trying to go, and we spend a lot of time together.  One goal, and time.  Maybe that’s all we need.

- Shawn & Beth

  • This is one of the most frequent questions we get. See this blog post for instructions on how to grow mangel-wurzels, tromboncino, and sorghum.

  • You can find all our cheese recipes on the cheesemaking tag page.

  • You don’t have to have a bunch of money to live a rural lifestyle and raise most of what you eat; but you do have to work. Read through Our Story, or dig into over a decades worth of our blog posts below to learn more.

  • The independent farmstead is a relationship between many parts:  grass, sunlight, and rainfall; ruminants, poultry, hogs, pest and predator control animals; nutrient generation, conversion, and storage; fertility return cycles.  Although it may be necessary sometimes to treat them separately, they are all intrinsic parts of an irreducible whole. Learn more about our practice and philosophy here.

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