It has been a bountiful year for peas. From just a three rows about 8 feet long we have been harvesting about half a gallon of peas per day.
We grow Snow Peas which have an edible pod.
They taste great raw in salads, steamed, or added to stir fry.
We pick the pods when they are full [...]

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The Deltec Home
One of the newest homes built last year on The Farm is a Deltec, a 8-sided round house "kit," also known as "The Original Green Home."
The components for the home, including roof trusses, floor system and pre-wired wall panels with exterior siding, are all manufactured with green energy generated by 273 [...]

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It’s only logical that much of the the focus and discussion on sustainability is centered around housing. The definition of “green building” can be very broad, as evidenced on the many different shows airing on the cable network Planet Green. These programs profile homes around the country and around the world, and it can be [...]

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December, 2009
Dear Senator Alexander:
I wish to offer a formal complaint about how American citizens have been treated at their Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Serveable honorable and proper petitioners have been denied entry to their own country’s representatives in Egypt.
Moreover, two citizens were detained by Egyptian security for several hours after mankind a proper request to [...]

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I had a beautiful flight and, while sometimes tiring, rather smooth, with only the kinds of glitches one runs into while traveling. I met so many interesting and kind people on the way. In the very long line connecting to Royal Jordanian in JFK, I met an American Egyptian woman whose daughter was flying [...]

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Hear ye! Hear Ye! Come one, come all to the Annual Farm School Holiday Bazaar!!!!!
Since 1991, The Farm School Holiday Bazaar has been a local celebration of Crafts, Music, and Children’s craft table FREE while you shop!
On Saturday, December 5th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., The Farm School will host it’s Annual Holiday Bazaar. [...]

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Most of the harvest is in and it has been a great year for the garden with abundant rain. In the fall garden we now have kale, broccoli and my favorite, lettuce. We typically pant a mix of lettuce types, thinning the patch from week to week to give the remaining plants more room to [...]

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They came from far and wide, from Portland to Vermont, Hawaii to Florida, Texas and the Midwest, Manhattan and L. A. But the real flavor that made this Congress special was the representatives from the south and when I say south, I mean Mexico, Belize, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad, Cuba and Argentina. They came with [...]

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Many people have requested that we host a Farm Experience type weekend during the summer. You are invited to come celebrating summer’s pleasures in the little piece of paradise we call home. We’ll spend the week swimming, hiking, listening to and playing music, enjoying really great food and each others company.
I’ve designed the week to [...]

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There may be a slowdown in the U.S., but you wouldn’t know it by the amount of construction going on here on The Farm. Right now there are 4 new homes under construction and in various stages of completion.
Two are utilizing a relatively new form of construction that combines insulating foam and concrete, creating a [...]

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