Goatfell Farm

Grateful for our patient birds, our helpful neighbors, our hardworking crew, and the fruitfulness of our fields. Happy Thanksgiving!

We were incredibly lucky to have James Abbott on hand to take pictures. As you can see, it was a magical evening. We're looking forward to doing it again next year, or sooner.

A work song, by Zettie. 

When we planted buckwheat at the farm, we thought of it as nothing more than a good cover crop, something to keep weeds from filling in unplanted areas of the field and to add some good, bulky organic matter to the soil. But a meeting with Glenn Roberts—the grain wizard behind South Carolina’s Anson Mills—got us thinking about it differently: why not see if we could make our own flour from this quick-growing crop? Here’s phase 2 of the experiment: threshing and winnowing the seed.

We've just about hit the high point of summer, when everything's coming ripe and we've managed to catch up on the weeds that proliferated during the rain & drought cycles of early summer. 

What’s the coolest thing you ever got in the mail?

Ducklings are happy to stretch their little legs after an overnight flight from Holderread Farm in Oregon.

Busy weeks at the farm getting things ready to plant: lettuce seedlings in, raspberries & strawberries in raised beds, new starts biding their time under grow lights in the mudroom.

The little cheepers are growing up.

It's the prettiest spring we've had in years: long sunny days, cool nights, rain just when we need it and not a minute before. Everything is in bloom at the farm right now, including this old apple tree that practically lies on its side but won't give up the ghost.

Not even a week old, and already proud as lions.

Beautiful rainy day, if you're a seedling!

What made it through winter in the greenhouse: some mustard, red Russian kale, a few sweet leaves of spinach.