A Living Family Heirloom
Rhubarb Simple Syrup When we were kids, my cousins and I loved to pull stalks of rhubarb off the plants in the back yard and eat them raw, still warm from the sun, dipped in little dishes of sugar....
View ArticleThe Work of Childhood
We have two kids: Bridget, who is 4.5, and Finn, who is just a year. Farming with children has always been an adventure and a challenge – I wish I could go back and pat sweet, naïve 2015 me on the...
View ArticleThe Longest Day
Twelve thousand years ago, in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, human beings began the work of planting and tending food crops for the first time. Sunset in the field at Balderdash Cellars Last...
View ArticleTurns Out, Not a Drought
Finn, age 1, cooling off in the brook June is often a dry month, but as of last Thursday the Berkshires had officially reached “moderate drought” according to the US Drought Monitor. We were on...
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