Photo Journal: January in ten photos
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writings & media
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.
Working With What Is: Site Specific Plant Selection, Landrace Breeding, and Creating a Resilient Future
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Some time ago, I was dispensing some free advice regarding a proposed meadow conversion with a prospective client. The terrain in question was a former hay field with hospitable soil in a rural corner of eastern Pennsylvania.
She was nervous and unsure about her vision for the site, and in an effort to lighten the load, I offered, “There are many ways to create a meadow depending on your available resources, but at the very least, rest assured there are already meadow plants out there, just waiting.”
Read MoreFrom the Field: Nature always has a good idea
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Five years ago I planted a patch of yellow and black raspberry in a location I felt well suited this native. They survived, fruited, but never started to crawl, nor readily expand, nor thrive the way I might have hoped…
Read MoreFrom the field: Plants enjoy good company
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Plants, like most people, enjoy good company. Everywhere in the wild they can be caught gathering and mingling about together, and on our farm it’s no different. This wild approach to farming is based in biomicry, and is wholly dependent upon strategic collaboration with the plant world…
Read MoreBeyond the Field: Edible Weeds on Farms / Northeast Farmer’s Guide to Self Growing Vegetables by Tusha Yakovleva
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Tusha Yakoleva has authored a wonderful resource guide exploring the crop value of wild plants within the cultivated landscape. The project was funded by a Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Farmer Grant, and has been made available to all for free download…
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