Monthly Archives: August 2011

Late August, the days are starting to feels shorter, school has started up again, the apples are sweet and you can smell the ripening leaves in the air: time for the grand finale on the region’s historic cash crop: tobacco. … Continue reading →

  It has been a week of old friends and new here in the hollow as we welcomed 2004 apprentice Jamie back with her husband Cody for a week on the farm. They arrived Sunday late afternoon, just as Sasha … Continue reading →

It is a beautiful clear August afternoon and I could not be happier. The humidity is down, the air is crisp, and I am staring at 49 quarts of canned tomatoes on my kitchen counter. From the moment I found … Continue reading →