Author: wildflowerfarm
The Word For Woman Is Wildnerness by Abi Andrews
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Sitting here, in my sun drenched living room on the comfort of a sofa beside Pikku, I realize I am a million miles and 300 leagues from where I was supposed to go in life. The path was all laid out. Possibly before my parents were even born. But I have never been much good…
The Accumulated Farm Wealth
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The sky is a beautiful shade of blue today. Held up on the skeletal arms of our woods. The ground is still barren, as if winter were still hanging on. Clinging to the earth for dear life. New England spring is a phenomenon to experience. The wind carries something sparkly this time of year. An…
The Story of Fingerless Mittens, a Tale Of A Homestead Craft
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I suppose I should start this post with five important things you should know. 1. It is extremely hard to both use your hands to model mittens while simultaneously photographing them. 2. These mittens are hand made from the yarn up. I am afraid spinning is a practice I am still working at. I am…
Hope In The Greenhouse
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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…