WHY WE BLOG.

For a couple of off-the-grid small farmers, blogging can be a bit ridiculous at times. It seems ridiculous when we are driving into town each week to check email in the public library. It seems ridiculous when I am making Jesse pose with his ax mid-swing to get the right picture. It seems ridiculous to chase our giant dog around the farm each Wednesday for his weekly appearance on the website.But the truth is, as insane as it sometimes is, this blog is incredibly important to us. We started two years ago, simply documenting our journey, using the blog as a space to share and a way to motivate us to stay creative. And over time, we started connecting with people. In small ways at first, but then in real, tangible connections that led to actual friendships.This blog literally built our cabin. You readers built our cabin. We now have friends all over the world, some we have met and some we hope to meet someday, friends that wouldn't exist without this site.So as much as we like living in the middle of nowhere, and as terrible and artificial as the internet and social media can be, there is good here. There is value. Our trip to Louisville last week was proof of this - as we stayed with some of the best human beings I know - friends we would not have if not for this here blog. We spent time gathered around their table and in their kitchen, sharing stories and meals (and donuts), and Jesse and I were motivated and inspired and uplifted and encouraged - what more can you ask of your friends?So as we continue to live a life striving to disconnect, trying to free ourselves from dependence on oil and electricity and corporations, we will never stop connecting in ways that matter - with the people we love and the mouths we feed. Thank you, Tim and Emily and Molly, for reminding us why we write this silly blog.- Hannah.

OUR PART.

Many of our friends are having, or have recently had, little ones, and Hannah and I would like to join that club one day. It's an exciting and terrifying thought––children––especially when so much of their lives is out of your hands. But when they get old enough to understand, we'd like to be able to look them in the eye and tell them we did everything we could to keep them safe, but specifically, to give them a safe world in which to grow up. If you're going to have a baby, I believe it's the least you can do. Though since one person cannot save the planet themselves––as hard as a good parent might try––anyone who has any aspirations to bring a human into the world has to do his or her part, and take it seriously.What does it mean, though? What does it mean to do one's part? For us, even living off-the-grid and growing much of our own food, we're constantly refining the answer to that question. Firstly, there are simply too many people (billions, probably) not doing anything, or doing too little, to consider what we do––in all our minimal impact––enough. I know we can always do better. We compost. We grow much of what we consume and what we don't, we try and buy locally. We work hard to be gentle, but we could always do more (or, I suppose, less). What does "doing one's part" mean to those of us who live in the city?––who can't simply just disconnect from city water and electricity?––who can't easily grow all of their own food?––who can't build their own outhouse?Obviously, that's for every individual to answer for themselves. But when they answer that question, I implore them to pretend they are telling their children, or grandchildren, about all they did, and all their friends did, to ensure them a future.In a related note––but admittedly abrupt segue––we (humankind) broke carbon emission records last year. Records! Even with all the scientific studies showing we are effectively destroying our planet through our carbon output, and all the scientists who say we must stop, we are still putting more and more into the atmosphere. Record numbers! If you're at a loss of what to do, maybe start there. Let's start by not breaking any more records, unless those records are putting the least amount of carbon into the atmosphere. That wouldn't be such a bad thing––our children might think we're cool (or the comparable adjective of their parlance): my parents, record setters.What do you say?- Jesse.

ORGANIC SHIRTS and CHRISTMAS SALE.

We have NEW shirts in the shop! We had a lot of people ask for them, so our Farmacist shirts now come in a lovely, %100 organic cotton blue.ALSO...from now until Christmas, all shirts in the shop are %10 OFF! This includes all the farmacist and ferment shirts. For the farmer, foodie, or fermenter in your life, it's never too early to start getting those holiday gifts wrapped and ready!- Hannah.

WE LOVE OUR FARMERS MARKET.

We love being a part of Community Farmers Market. It is a market that truly does what the name says - works for the community - and we couldn't be prouder of the things they are accomplishing. The new indoor market just opened a few weeks ago, and it is an amazing space FULL of vendors with local produce, eggs, meat, milk, cheese, pottery, ice cream, artwork, maple syrup, bread, coffee, waffles....yep. It's the best.Although we slow down in the winter in terms of the CSA and market sales, we are excited to be attending the indoor market often as PATRONS!- Hannah.