Restoring Connection Between People & Planet
Join us at the farm on Saturday, July 18th for a dynamic workshop exploring medicinal herbs where they grow in the field and garden. Learn about new uses for familiar plants, the history and folklore behind some of our favorite species, and the rich tradition of healing that is known as "herbal medicine."
Pre-registration required - Sign up today!
Join us May 29th-31st for a DESIGNING PERENNIAL POLYCULTURES, an Intermediate Edible Ecosystems Design Weekend with Dave Jacke & Fields Without Fences. Dave Jacke is the co-author of Edible Forest Gardens, and a source of inspiration for our work at Fields Without Fences. We are so pleased to be partnering on a weekend long intensive exploring perennial polycultures, ecosystem mimicry and design, and in the ground systems on the farm!
Space is limited.
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Come celebrate the start of the season with Fields Without Fences at our Open House!
Read MoreStellar (and slightly surreal) weekend at NOFA NJ's Winter Conference! Always great to see friends and meet new ones. At our table we shared a small selection of our herbal Fields Without Fences products and let folks know about the launch of our CSA. We are so excited to share our farm grown, certified organic, hand crafted with love, products with you this season! Have you signed up yet? http://www.fieldswithoutfences.org/csa/
Greetings!
We are currently accepting Internship applications for 2015 growing season at Fields Without Fences. Live on site and work with farmers through the third full time growing season of a commercial forest garden site. Ideal opportunity for those interested in applied permaculture design, ecological restoration, and native and medicinal plants. We encourage all backgrounds to apply, solid work ethic is a must. Details below!
Many thanks,
FWF
Contact: Lindsay Napolitano
Email: info(at)fieldswithoutfences.org
Website: www.fieldswithoutfences.org
General Description: Certified Organic, Native Fruit, Medicinal Herbs, Permaculture, Orchard, Garden, 10 Acre Small Farm. Fields Without Fences is an organic farm & regenerative design service based in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. On our small farm we cultivate native and medicinal herbs, fruit, and wild edibles within an innovative, naturalized design framework. Beyond our site we offer a spectrum of ecological services aimed at restoring health and integrity to our local landscape. Learn more about us at www.fieldswithoutfences.org
Internship Starts: 1 April 2015
Internship Ends: 1 November 2015
Number of Apprentices: 2 - friends encouraged to apply together.
App Deadline: Applications submitted by February 16th, 2015 will be given priority.
Minimum Length of Stay: full season
Internship Details: There are two positions available. Interns are expected to work approximately 25 hours/week on the farm. Interns will gain experience in organic farming and permaculture design application, and increase knowledge of native and medicinal plant varieties.
To apply, please send an email stating your interest. Tell us a bit about yourself, and what has attracted you to this type of work, and what you hope to gain from your experience. Please include your resume and the contact information for two references. We will follow up to schedule an interview. We look forward to hearing from you!
Skills Desired: Enthusiastic, flexible, open-minded individuals with a solid work ethic. A basic understanding of permaculture design principles. Attention to detail and ability to self start. Beginners are welcome, experience is preferable.
Educational Opportunities: Fields Without Fences enters its third full time growing season with five acres planted in perennial crops and an additional three acres under development this season. Interns work with farmers and independently. Opportunity to learn from the experiences of a developing commercial food forest system. Planting, harvesting, and maintenance tasks will comprise the farm day to day. Additional projects will include; pond work, tree planting, and light building projects. Interns will have the opportunity to visit other local farms throughout the growing season and learn about diverse local operations. Interns are admitted to all workshops, tours, and events at Fields Without Fences free of charge.
Compensation: $10/hr. with $500/month deducted in housing (utilities included). Commitment is 25 hrs. per week.
Housing: Shared housing in small two bedroom apartment (individual bedrooms, shared kitchen/bath/living areas). Access to your own transportation is recommended.
Preferred method Of Contact: Email info(at)fieldswithoutfences.org
We are so pleased to announce the launch of our Medicinal Herb csa! We hope you'll join and experience a year of herbal health and well being! Hand crafted herbal products made from certified organic medicinal plants locally grown on our small farm. Shares include, dried medicinal herbs, dried culinary herbs, tea blends, plant extracts, tinctures, elixirs, syrups, salves, balms, educational materials, and more! Pick up shares on site, or have them mailed to your doorstep. Learn more, and sign up today! www.fieldswithoutfences.org/csa
Many thanks and much love,
Lindsay & Johann
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.
This past season we had the pleasure and privilege of working with two exceptional individuals that we will not soon forget. James and Katie came to us with genuine curiosity, and a deep desire to cultivate a closer connection to the landscape. Hired on as part-time farm apprentices, and full-time farm residents, they spent May through September working alongside us, and eventually independently from us. In perfect time lapse succession we watched the subtle shift in seasons mirror a subtle, though cumulatively transformational shift in understanding.
Read MoreSharing these beautiful photos and write up by Kristen Jas Vietty from our workshop last spring. Thank you Kristen for taking the time to put this together!
Some photos from the farm taken during the height of summer. Already the season has begun to shift into an early fall, and the landscape has taken a different shade and shape. Most of these photos were taken in early June through the end of July. Click to scroll.
Catnip
Southwest field row, elderberry, borage, pawpaw, yarrow, carrots, thyme, currant
duck pond, peppermint, spearmint, cattails
anise hyssop
black eyed susan, echinacea
three sisters patch, pawpaw, persimmon, currant, sage, sunflower, feverfew, strawberries
gooseberry, chives, new jersey tea
common aster, sunchokes
fennel flower
elderberry, borage, thyme, kale, chives
southwest field aisle
ground ivy around fire pit
lettuce going to seed
southeast field aisle
joe pye weed, meadow
lemon balm
marshmallow
moon pond rock perch
calendula
pawpaw, kale, borage, elderberry
yarrow, pawpaw, oregano, angelica
elderberry, feverfew, marshmallow, lemon balm
moon pond, eastern red cedar
skirret, sage, black eyed susan, raspberry
yellow black raspberry
apple tree, purple basil, marshmallow, summer savory
lemon bergamont
ninja & lindsay
Sharing some photos from the field. What a beautiful spring it has been!
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The current spring issue of Edible Jersey magazine features a write up about Asparagus by our very own farmer, Johann Rinkens.
Read MorePlant 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.
