Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 03/23/2015 – 1:56pm We at The Land Connection love a good story, especially when it’s true. This year’s Farm Beginnings course let us welcome yet another stellar class of beginning farmers to the farm, and among them were Tony and Danielle Grant of Danvers. Tony Grant and his family started […]
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Out Beyond the Neon Lights
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Mon, 03/16/2015 – 9:49am Neon lights reflected off wet pavement. There’s something about it that puts me in mind of a noir detective novel. All I need is a trench coat, fedora and an office in a sketchy walk-up with my name painted on frosted glass. I can imagine it […]
Cheese Season, and All Things Goat
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Sun, 03/08/2015 – 8:27pm What started out as a nice photo of bread and cheese, turned into not just a recipe of slicing up some cheese and fruit, and pairing it with good bread, but really long blog about what to do with all things goat–cheese, caramel, yogurt, whey, and […]
The Warmness of March
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 03/02/2015 – 10:55am Welp. It’s still cold. Really, really, cold. Face burningly, car door crunchingly, joint painingly cold. And it was a long time coming. I mean, overall it has been a relatively mild winter. Not too much snow and a surprising amount of 30-40 degree days. That’s not […]
What lies beyond February
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Sun, 02/22/2015 – 9:46pm What are your plans for the 2015 season? Tell us in the comments! A midwinter’s daydream Those of us who love the cold months know two things: 1) that the rush of bitingly cold air on bare skin, and the comfort of hard-won warmth under carefully […]
The Real Holiday Season
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Thu, 02/12/2015 – 10:04am We all think of the “Holidays” as starting off with Thanksgiving (or, more distressingly, Halloween), and wrapping up with New Year’s Day. But February is real holiday season, and right when we NEED those random days off. Kicking off with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on […]