Restoring Connection Between People & Planet
A little slow over here, always delivering seasons a season late. Here are a few scenes from fall. This year was a period of significant growth at the farm, plant growth that is. Looking forward to growing our business in 2015. If you plant it, they will come... I think a wise bird said that.
Elder, borage, nasturtium, sorrel, chicory, cardoon, catnip, and calendula. Late season blooms.
Everyone needs a bit of bitterness.
Clover aisles give us a bit of green year round.
Where do we cultivate mushrooms? Where don't we cultivate mushrooms? A little spore goes a long way.
Young winecaps are prime.
Late season flowers held out until the first hard frost. Get it while you can lil bee!
We like ginger, but still figuring out a truly sustainable way for cultivating this looong season tropical plant without a heated greenhouse and shipping in seed stock. Any mast minds got a self cycling ginger protocol?
Our high tunnel forest garden canopy is fig and citrus.
Bumper crop.
Shiitake logs buried in these beds continue to fruit among the herbs.
First fruit. We always tell folks, we mostly cultivate patience here...
A new young cultivation site installed by participants of a workshop we held here in the spring.
American Black Currant, medicinal herbs, alliums, strawberries, oak, elm, etc.
The best of the bunch are reserved for saving seed.
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.
