Our Farm Adventures

Part 10: A Box, Belief, and a Big Dream

Part 10: A Box, Belief, and a Big Dream

Amy started looking for sawmills before we ever left Florida. Before we had a property. Before we even knew what state we'd end up in. She was already thinking ahead...

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Part 10: A Box, Belief, and a Big Dream

Amy started looking for sawmills before we ever left Florida. Before we had a property. Before we even knew what state we'd end up in. She was already thinking ahead...

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Fresh green beans in bowls ready for canning

Part 9: The Best Kind of Saturday Night

It was 7 o'clock on a Saturday night, and we were elbow-deep in green beans. Twenty-four pounds of them, to be exact. Jars lined up on the counter, two canners...

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Part 9: The Best Kind of Saturday Night

It was 7 o'clock on a Saturday night, and we were elbow-deep in green beans. Twenty-four pounds of them, to be exact. Jars lined up on the counter, two canners...

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Rosemary and herb plants with American flags tucked among the greenery on the WestLand Farm

Part 8: Between Fear and Faith, We Found Freedom

July always hits different. There's something about this month — the heat, the fireflies, the smell of the earth after a summer rain — that makes you stop and take...

Part 8: Between Fear and Faith, We Found Freedom

July always hits different. There's something about this month — the heat, the fireflies, the smell of the earth after a summer rain — that makes you stop and take...

Yellow lousewort wildflower blooming on the forest floor at WestLand Farms

Part 7: Have You Ever Heard of Lousewort?

In the early days, we didn't have wifi. We didn't have reliable internet. What we had were books — herbal field guides, worn at the spines, full of handwritten notes...

Part 7: Have You Ever Heard of Lousewort?

In the early days, we didn't have wifi. We didn't have reliable internet. What we had were books — herbal field guides, worn at the spines, full of handwritten notes...

Hood up on our GMC Terrain in the Black River Electric Cooperative parking lot during a summer heatwave breakdown

Part 6: Providence in a Parking Lot

There are moments in life that stop you cold — not because something went wrong, but because something went so right that you can't explain it any other way except...

Part 6: Providence in a Parking Lot

There are moments in life that stop you cold — not because something went wrong, but because something went so right that you can't explain it any other way except...

Snowy creek through the woods at WestLand Farms in January 2024

Part 5: The Winter That Almost Broke Us

January 2024 was not a normal cold snap. We were living in our RV, and the temperatures had dropped so far below zero that surviving inside wasn't really an option...

Part 5: The Winter That Almost Broke Us

January 2024 was not a normal cold snap. We were living in our RV, and the temperatures had dropped so far below zero that surviving inside wasn't really an option...