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And then the cows came…

A dozen cows milling around at the bottom of our driveway
Our visitors

When you live in a rural, right to farm community, you sometimes have unusual visitors.

What started out as a delightful surprise for me meant a frustrating and difficult day for our neighbors at Chestnut Farms when a bunch of their cows decided to go walkabout.

You know you’re not in the city or the ‘burbs anymore when you call the police dispatch number and they don’t skip a beat when you tell them there are a dozen cows on your property – and you don’t actually have cows.

Ultimately, all the cows made it home safely, our lawns got some free fertilizer, our dogs had something new to bark at, and I enjoyed our temporary herd.

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Fall

#WoodWarmsYouManyTimes #WinterIsComing

Wood stacked beneath solar cells
Preparing for wood stove weather

This is 1 cord of wood stacked in what would otherwise have been wasted space – underneath our solar panels. A 2nd cord is coming later this week. Stacking wood is one of those zen tasks I rather enjoy at #StarFieldFarm

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Same tree, now that the fog has burned off. #StarFieldFarm #ShowOff


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Even against the fog, that tree glows. #StarFieldFarm


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Fall

Here I am

At the very beginning of March, Neil insisted I shift to #StarFieldFarm with the dogs & isolate here. This was primarily for his peace of mind – he is a physician at a Boston teaching hospital and he didn’t want to risk bring home covid-19.

When we learned more – and by the end of March it became clear that hospital workers using PPE were at low risk – he started to join me on weekends. Now I feel comfortable to come home midweek so he is not alone so much.

Still, I have spent more time at StarField than in Newton. When I arrived, it was the lingering end of winter. I lit fires in the wood stove most nights and layered on warm
clothes. 6 month later, the season is turning again. It’s time to get the woodstoves cranking. I pulled out my fleece sweaters.

Living in the woods, I am so much more aware of the changing seasons and the way light plays on the trees. I have watched flowers bloom and fade, seen a parade of birds at the feeders. It’s hard to reconcile my grief with the
peace I feel here.

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So it begins. #WinterIsComing #StarFieldFarm


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I’m going to have to find another fermentation shelf soon! #WinterIsComing #StarFieldFarm


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Sleeping beauty. ;) #FarmingIsHardWork #StarFieldFarm


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Happy bumblebees in the sedum. #StarFieldFarm


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This morning’s haul. #StarFieldFarm #JustNeedMozzarellaAndBasil


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