Sachets

Sachets

This project began as a very different project, as is often the case with projects on a farm. You think you know what the end result will be, then it doesn’t go as planned and something even awesomer results. Yes, I just heard myself use...

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Update on Vanilla Extract

Update on Vanilla Extract

The mist is thick, as we are not an intervale farm, sitting up high on ridge in the foot hills not far from Wachusett Mountain. We sit surrounded today in a thick dark sea of new England fog, rising off the icy snow that fell and iced over...

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One of the most important parts of farming and homesteading is organization. This pot rack ran us $110. It’s a bit of a DIY.  These three wooden bars are antique horse yolks. We hung them  on the  wall then just  popped ’em full of hooks. Now we...

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A Farewell To Christmas

A Farewell To Christmas

Christmas Tree Ornaments. It’s perhaps my least  favorite day of the year. Outside I smell rain slicked ice and the damp NE cold. Inside I smell a that nice wood stove cozy smell. It is that sad day of the year, when Christmas, gets boxed...

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