Writings From the Farm
Over the last two decades, I’ve spent a lot of time in random places, reflecting on various aspects of agriculture, conservation, and the environment (see blog categories at the left).
Most of what I write lately, focuses on small scale farming, but we still dig things up from the archives related to travel, entomology, my deep love of place, and rural life. Learn more in the various posts, below!
Recent Posts
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I mostly just farm to see what happens when I try different things. Introduction As I mentioned in a recent post, June was #nationaldairymonth, which I used as an excuse to talk about my goats on instagram, and that was obviously something I was thrilled about! Many of my instagram posts included information I’ve gleaned…
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What happens when plans need to change? You just keep going. During June, I started a series of instagram posts to celebrate #nationaldairymonth, with an ambitious goal of posting once a day. After coming up with a very thorough outline (with plans to cover everything from goat breeds to how to milk the gals, feed,…
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The first time I remember feeling like I had an existential crisis, I was 16. I had just read The Stranger for my high school English class, and had one of those “Wait, so I’m supposed to go to school for a long time, go to work, then have a couple of kids and take…
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Of my many faults as a human, my tendency towards nostalgia is probably one of my traits that annoys me the most. I am so easily sucked into a photo album or an old blog, and can then spend hours, or days even, thinking about whatever experience and how much I miss that particular time…
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Update: I wrote this post back in 2021, after I acquired several quail. Unfortunately, we later lost these animals to a predator and I was devastated. With that said, the enthusiasm, passion and energy for poultry is still relevant, so I leave the post up. When I first moved back to my family’s property a…
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