04/30/2026
Happy Spring from Vermont, Where All the Little Creatures (Us Included!) Have Come Out to Play!
As soon as March hits, the energy of spring begins rising in the earth and within our bodies. The feeling is unmistakable–a desire to renew, to grow, to try again at the task of blooming.
We’ve had a handful of nice rains so far this spring, so we are crossing all of our fingers and toes that we do not have a drought season this year, nor a rainy, flooding season! May the rains come gently, at night, once a week—amen!
These days, as we watch the crocuses and daffodils pop up around our farm and town, we are busy getting our fingernails dirty again with soil blocking and planting seeds. Misha has also been mowing our hillsides for weeks now, clearing away slopes of blackberries with our trusty walk-behind tractor.
We are expanding our growing areas this year, and just plowed and amended plots in the area we’ve named the “Topfield,” which is even higher on the hill than the “Farfield!” We’re excited to have a full season with our grant-funded harvester (which we’ve named Ronald Johnald), enabling us to harvest leafy herbs neatly and evenly in no time!
Last fall, we planted our fruit orchard, and we’ll be adding more varieties of apples, as well as berries and rhubarb, this spring. We also hope to finally dig a pond this year, which will provide valuable water for our crops, as well as the cows that spend their summer on our hillsides.
On the apothecary side, we have been working on some new products (some for many years!) that have finally come to fruition this spring, including a new oxymel, a revamped tea blend, and two new powder blends for making the most delicious herbal beverages at home! Stay tuned!
We hope you are weathering the sometimes-rocky transition into the outdoor season with grace, and enjoying all the signs of renewal that this time of year offers.
Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.
Happy spring!
Taylor & Misha
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