The Mushroomery
My twenty-sixth farm was The Mushroomery in Lebanon, Oregon. The Farm Jen moved from Miami to the Northwest to be in nature. She studied mycology at Western Washington University. Dustin is originally from Utah. They both were working in mycology when they met in 2004 in Bellingham, Washington. Their passion for mushrooms, especially growing wild and […]
Granny’s Farm
My seventeenth farm was Granny’s Farm in Raymond, Washington. The Farm The farmers are Sandy and Larry. They both grew up in Western Washington. Larry harvested oysters in Willapa Bay for twenty-five years. He devised a way to raise oysters on pvc pipes which kept them away from the burrowing shrimp which feed on baby […]
Applepath
My sixteenth farm was Applepath in Charlotte, Vermont. The Farm The farmers are Scout and Gia. Scout was raised in an old farmhouse in central Massachusetts. His family didn’t farm but the experience gave him an appreciation of rural areas. He liked Vermont and looked for property in the Burlington region. It was love at […]
Singing River Farm
My fifteenth farm was Singing River Farm in Rockingham, Vermont. The Farm The farmers are Steve and Laurel. Steve grew up in Vermont and Laurel is from Oregon. Laurel decided to have an adventure and hitchhiked across the country to Vermont where she met Steve. After reading Your Money or Your Life, a book on […]
Panic Swamp Farm
My fourteenth farm was Panic Swamp Farm in Putney, Vermont. The Farm The farmers are Alison and Meg. Alison grew up on a farmette in Connecticut with cows, chickens and a large garden. Her mom was a do-it-yourself type which rubbed off on Alison. One day while Meg and Alison were living in Brattleboro, their […]
Wise Acres Farm
My thirteenth farm was Wise Acres Farm in Kenduskeag, Maine. The Farm The farmer is Brittany. Only thirty years old, Brittany was the youngest farmer I WWOOFed with and she was also the most business-like. Brittany grew up on a homestead with goats in Maine. She left Maine for a while but came back to […]
Hamilton Farm and Barred Owl Creamery
My twelfth farm was Hamilton Farm and Barred Owl Creamery in Whitefield, Maine. The Farm The farmers are Patti and Chris. Patti had always wanted to have a flock of sheep; she doesn’t know why. So in 1990, she and Chris bought a house with the intention of starting a little farm. They didn’t have […]
A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm
My eleventh farm was A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm in Sumner, Maine. The Farm The farmers are Marty and Mary Ann. Marty is originally from Maine and wanted to come back after living in the Midwest. They bought thirty-two acres in Sumner, Maine in 1995. Their property had a […]
Sullivan’s Pond Farm
My tenth farm was Sullivan’s Pond Farm in Wake, Virginia. The Farm The farmers are Rona, Tim and their son Cole. Rona spent time on her grandmother’s farm when she was a kid. That experience stayed with her. When she grew up and lived in the city, she made cheese from store-bought milk and entered […]
Left Foot Farm
My ninth farm was Left Foot Farm in Eatonville, Washington. The Farm The farmer is Jeremy. In December 2010, he fulfilled a dream and bought twenty-five acres in an area only five minutes from where he grew up in Eatonville, Washington. At that time he was living with a girlfriend who wanted a few goats. […]