Wildefern Farm
I’ve been a follower of Karen Pullen’s plant-based eating column in a local Chatham County newspaper, and had the chance to meet her last year at Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge. I knew she would provide an excellent conversation as part of our Growing the Farm blog. Here are some tips and recipes to get you […]
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Three weeks ago, we found them. I decided to look at the Southeast Llama Rescue (SELR) website on a lazy Sunday afternoon. And there they were: Miss B (previously named Miss Behavin, but why set her up for rudeness?) and Mindi (previously named India, but it just didn’t fit…Mindi with a heart atop the final […]
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My nephew recently moved to a new home in Connecticut and contacts me now and then for gardening advice. I have to say, these questions make my day. Not only does he send me photos and videos of him and his two young children working on their first garden, but it brings me so much […]
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Amy Coughlin and her husband, Andy Pignatora, own one of our favorite local restaurants, Breakaway Cafe on the Pittsboro/Chapel Hill line. Their food is consistently fresh, creative and very tasty. During these difficult times when folks aren’t venturing out much, Amy and Andy have stepped up to the plate and have been serving first responders, […]
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I recently started following Amy Dingmann’s podcast, A Farmish Kind of Life, about life as a homesteader. Amy lives on a five acre homestead in central Minnesota with her husband, two teen boys, chickens, pigs, turkeys and ducks. They have a few gardens, a grapevine, and a raspberry patch. Amy’s matter-of-fact manner has led me […]
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My belief is that communication is an important step toward finding balance — within ourselves and in the world. I’ll be hosting conversations with people who are doing what they can to live authentically. Got something to say about gardening? Finding balance? Healthy cooking? How nature soothes your soul? How listening brings about understanding? Something […]
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We have had few naysayers to our project here at Wildefern. Not many, but one or two acquaintances have asked, “Why now? You’re not getting any younger, you know…” Precisely! They answered their own question. But for the most part, we get a lot of interest in what we’re doing, especially from people our age […]
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When I was a youngster, I dreamed of being a school bus driver. When Dad bought his first Craftsman lawnmower, I spent hours upon hours driving around our front and back yards, dreaming of driving the bus. I made “stops” at various oak trees, hydrangeas, rosebushes and of course, the front and back stoops, opening […]
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The old Shaker song rings true in these days of isolation here at the farm: ‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free, ’tis the gift to come down where we ought to be. And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ’twill be in the valley of love […]
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We have a grand experiment in gardening going on over here at Wildefern Farm. Tomatoes, basil, pak choi, kale, and lettuces are growing in containers — out front in full sun and out back in the kitchen patio garden. We’ve built gardens filled with flowers, gardenia bushes, rose bushes, more lettuces, pak choi, kale, and […]
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