Rosemary beds on a sun-filled day at the Farfield.
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Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver except it’s playing from your neighbor’s radio that you can hear from your back porch, which you sit out on to relax in spite of the loud buzzing from the lightbulb and the hoards of moths that flock to it on summer evenings like this.
This is just literally what it’s like to sit on my porch
is this what the kids call “ big mood “ ?
Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver except it’s playing from your neighbor’s radio that you can hear from your back porch, which you sit out on to relax in spite of the loud buzzing from the lightbulb and the hoards of moths that flock to it on summer evenings like this.
This is just literally what it’s like to sit on my porch
is this what the kids call “ big mood “ ?
The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.
Summer Camp Gothic
- The camp is located in the middle of the forest. It’s thick and easy to get lost in. Almost too easy.
- The sloppy joes are delicious, even with the palatable taste of metal.
- A girl named Erin left her cabin last night and has disappeared. No one is looking for her, no one even remembers her. But she existed. You saw her. She existed.
- Everyone gathers around the campfire and sing songs well into the night. It’s not until the second to last song that you realize that they are chants. Are you summoning something, or are you banishing?
- The councilors have a list of fun activities for you: archery, woodwork, sports, rune carving, incense making, even one on how to speak this archaic language no one’s heard of before.
- One night you wake to the sound of something clumsily dancing on the roof. It’s unnatural, unnerving, and it doesn’t stop. You tell the councilors the next day. Their faces twist into grimaces and say that you were probably dreaming. You were wide awake the whole time.
- The lake is off limits; no one is allowed to swim there. One boy throws caution to the wind and does so anyway. He holds his breath and ducks down, and is never seen again
- There’s a camp garden that everyone helps out with. There are fruits, veggies, and this strange looking flower that likes to smell you back.
- Years later you decided to look up more information about that camp. Hours of research prove fruitless and you find, much to your growing unease, there’s no record of it ever existing.

Did you always know that you wanted to be a homesteader? Growing up, I helped my mother and grandmother plant annual flowers around our home. I spent almost every single summer playing at the local girl scout camp where my grandmother worked, exploring in the woods and sleeping outside. Somewhere in between childhood and now, I lost that connection to the natural world. I didn’t care what happened or what the consequences were of my lifestyle habits; I can only sum that up as adolescence. I know that my own son may not care about all of this at some point in his life… My biggest wish is to share my passion on being an environmentalist, a believer in natural farming practices, so that he may one day feel the same. I’ve met so many amazing people here on this app and through our blog that are city dwellers turned homesteaders. It’s incredible! I love that about our community 💛
Jill + Kayla Haupt @instagram
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Happy first day of summer! With meadows of wildflowers, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, and breathtakingly beauty sights, summer is a great time to get outdoors and explore your public lands. This summer scene is from Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Photo by Steve Schwindt (www.sharetheexperience.org).



