Vermont Almanac, Volume 5, is now available. Vermont Almanac, Volume V, is now available in bookstores around the state and directly from For the Land Publishing. Again, it’s full of information, stories, poetry, essays, instructions, history, and art. What I love about Vermont Almanac is how easy it is to pick up, thumb through it, […]

We didn’t even wait for the roof before we baked pizza–twice. The first firing turned into a make-a-pizza party: seven people, eight pizzas. They were more amoeba-shaped than round, but incredibly delicious. Just five people the second time. Pizzas were even better and a little more shapely. Practice. At the second firing, I was ready […]

It’s now a race to finish laying the bricks and get the roof on the outdoor bake oven before the weather turns. Fortunately, we’ve been blessed with exquisite fall weather, including golden leaves that amplify the slanting, autumn sun. Meanwhile, I’ve stepped back from The Project to clean up the garden after several mornings of […]

Instead of working outside on The Project on Sunday, Tim and I toiled indoors at the canning kettle. We started with a plan. Typically, we draw up a list of tasks we want to accomplish, each one of them achievable on a Sunday, but never all of them doable in a single day despite exhausting […]