Fields Without Fences

Restoring Connection Between People & Planet

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Articles, photography, video, and writings sourced from our work in and beyond the field.

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Articles, photography, video, and writings sourced from our work in and beyond the field. Our “from the field” series features projects, daily life, and reflections inspired by our work at home on our two farm sites in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Our “beyond the field” series features, projects, collaborations, and partnerships we are engaged in with our broader community.

Popular subjects include permaculture, forest gardening, regenerative agriculture, plant medicine, ecological restoration, earth based spirituality, and other diverse musings on agroecology topics.

January 29, 2025

Photo Journal: January in ten photos

January 29, 2025/ LINDSAY NAPOLITANO

If January is a seed containing the full articulation of the year, the forthcoming story has been frozen solid around here. Blanketed in a perma-snow since December, we’ve scant seen the earth all month. Temperatures colder than we’ve known in years have tempered our progress on planned forestry work and infrastructure projects, and so we’ve been banging about the interior quite a bit. In the farm office, in the barns, in the house, in the recesses of our subconscious; the idea of a year has been taking shape. All we can plan for, all we can imagine, in the shape of a frozen seed.

December 19, 2019

READING THE LANDSCAPE SERIES: Microclimates

December 19, 2019/ LINDSAY NAPOLITANO

Watching this ice storm melt is like lifting the veil on the energetics of elemental forces in the landscape. Where does the water gather and freeze, or trickle and melt? Where is the whipping wind persistent enough to keep a bent branch permanently encased in ice, even as it twinkles in the sun? It is as revelatory as it is enchanting…

Fields Without Fences

Plant Medicine for People & Planet

On our farm, located within Delaware River Watershed, we cultivate fruits, nuts, medicinal herbs, and wild edibles within naturalized plantings that mimic the wild ecology. Through site specific design, we integrate approaches found in environmental restoration, permaculture design, and regenerative agriculture to create low input, self-renewing, agroecological systems that naturally restore health and integrity to our shared landscape.

Beyond our fields we bring these practices to our consulting and design work with farmers, landowners, and organizations. Inspired by a philosophy that recognizes all elements are integral to an interconnected planet, we approach landscapes as interdependent ecosystems, out of which the well being of all is reflected in the health and functionality of the whole. We bring this mindful holistic approach to everything we do, from the products we craft, to the programs and services we offer.

Fields Without Fences

Fields Without Fences

writings & media

Fields Without Fences

writings & media

Popular subjects include permaculture, forest gardening, regenerative agriculture, plant medicine, ecological restoration, earth based spirituality, and other diverse musings on agroecology topics.

Photo Journal: January in ten photos

READING THE LANDSCAPE SERIES: Microclimates

Fields Without Fences

New Blog Post: We Won An Award! The Hugh Hammond Bennett Northeast Producer Award for Conservation Excellence

New Article / Working With What Is: Site Specific Selection, Landrace Breeding, and Creating a Resilient Future

Fields Without Fences offers a vast array of ecological services aimed at restoring health and integrity to our shared landscape.

Learn more about how permaculture offers a framework for cultivating meaningful ways of being in relationship with the natural world.

Learn more about our farms where we integrate approaches found in ecological restoration, permaculture design, and regenerative agriculture.