Rebecca Bell Black

Roy and farm-hand Zeb put up hay by hand this year. This required mowing, raking, and stacking the hay in the fields. Although last year Roy cut all our hay with a hand scythe, this year we advanced to a tractor-powered 1950’s sickle-bar mower. This allows much, much faster cutting…

We are continuing the process of downsizing our production in order to accomplish some of our goals, such as building an agritourism vacation rental to generate income, and to build ourselves a place to live so we can stop paying rent.  As part of this plan, we have leased out…

When I was a toddler, my favorite food was escargot. There were only two restaurants in our town and one of them was French.  My parents and older siblings didn’t tell me I was eating snails; they were too amused watching me smack my lips in delight as the butter…