Buried in Snow

Hello All, 

This season of life feels heavy, overwhelming and full of unknowns. While I grapple with staying informed and looking beyond this small corner of New Hampshire that I inhabit, I also must trudge through the snow to feed and water 300 chickens, walk the dog, make soup for dinner, sweep the ashes from the wood stove and stoke the fire. 

My mind is on a constant seesaw between the pressing daily tasks to keep my family, my animals, my farm, my community fed and loved and, this vast and heartbreaking ache I feel for the larger world and my larger community. In times like these, I feel the strength that growing food, tending to the land and feeding people has for creating community. I love to farm because I get to try again every single day, even when I mess up. I wish everyone could watch the slow-but-somehow fast cycle of seasons as the plants emerge and produce and get swallowed by weeds and frost and death and then the quiet darkness of winter again. I wish everyone could pick 100 pounds of sweet lettuce mix and share it with households all over their small town. I wish everyone could watch the perseverance of the hen who simply must lay her egg on the edge of the field, through 19" of fresh, powdery snow. 

My passion and duty in this world is to grow food for people and carefully steward the land. I will care for it with a gentle hand so that I can provide people with the food full of life and color and love. After all, once we have done what we can for the wider world, all we can do is turn to our corner and do the best we can. So call your senators and representatives, think carefully about where you spend your dollars and then, shovel a neighbor's path, go for a ski in the woods, get to know your local farmers, take a deep breath. We must care for each other as carefully as we care for ourselves. 

Now for some farm updates:

Farm News

We have been a little quiet on here recently as we navigate a big farm transition, but please stay tuned as the days begin to lengthen. In a few weeks we will be starting the first seeds of 2026 and organizing the chaos that is moving a farm across town. If all goes to plan, we will be breaking ground for our new Farm Store in April.

We are also changing our farm name! Coming soon Homeplace Farm. We will transition our packaging over time and give you plenty of reminders. We are excited for this new phase of our farm and business. The name is based on a children's book Elsbeth read as a child about a generational family farm and how it changed over time. 

Things will look different next year as we will not have a Farm store, and we also won't be offering a CSA or any spring Plant Sales. However, you will still be able to find our produce and eggs at the Peterborough Farmers Market on Wednesdays from 3pm - 6pm and at Nature's Green Grocer and Roy's Market all year long.

Stay in touch on this email list, or on Facebook and Instagram where we post regular updates. Our goal is to open a new bigger and better Farm Store in 2027 as well as bring back our spring Plant Sales and some other fun offerings. Thank you for supporting us through this transition. We love being your farmers. Please take care of each other.

I have included a few pictures from a magical Farmer Vacation in the Caribbean that we just returned from. So much gratitude for this time away in the warmth and sunshine. 

P.S. Our address has changed! You can find us at 660 Sand Hill Rd, Peterborough, NH, 03458.