by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Mar 17, 2022 | Updates
The sense of freedom washes over me and it is both terrifying and liberating. I mean, sometimes it would be nice to have a model to follow—a clear set of instructions. But it’s liberating to thing with imagination: “We could do this or be this. It doesn’t matter if no...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Feb 24, 2022 | Updates
Winter and early spring are the most time affluent periods of our farming season. Hence, this is the time we take to do equipment—of all sorts including our bodies. We rest and sleep and vacate, all part of maintenance, yes, but also we head to the gym, do more...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Feb 8, 2022 | Updates
A few years ago, I made a conscious decision to pay little attention to what others were doing and just focus on my little corner of the world. I don’t mean callously, but more like less judgmental. I can recall the exact moment. Why, I realized, was I spending...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Nov 16, 2021 | Updates
I don’t like the cold. Thus, I tend to have very harsh feelings about winter, especially the whole working outside in the cold part of winter. But as with everything, there’s a silver lining. Local food may be harder won in the winter, but it’s also sweeter. I won’t...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Nov 8, 2021 | Updates
The first heavy (“killing”) frost, no matter when it arrives, is the harbinger of our annual semi-retirement. This used to mean switching gears from farmer to pickleball playing, gym going, yoga class attending, playing at city folk. More recently, however, we’ve...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Nov 1, 2021 | Updates
Sometimes you just have to put everything aside revel in the joy and laughter of each other’s creativity and silliness. Sometimes, you just have to play. I find Halloween to be the perfect time to do this. It’s a celebration of each other, of levity, and of the...
