My week spent at Spring Wind Farm allowed me to find joy in the present moment, in simple, yet life sustaining tasks. At home, in New...

Back at the farm after a few weeks away. The chicks have grown a lot in a short time. They seem to be in the later half of their awkward...

Hatched Monday June 3, arrived at the farm Wednesday June 5, our new flock of chickens has been a delight. Overjoyed by their beauty and...

After taking a break over the winter, construction resumes this week here at the farm for the Sangha farm house. The next phase of the...

The Buddha said to enjoy happiness ourselves we must strive for the happiness of others. These farm animals, in particular the goats,...

Maybe you’ve heard about the value of having beginner’s mind. Not knowing, not having it all figured out, opens us to what’s really going...

In our short time at Spring Wind Farm we have raised chickens, ducks and guinea hen from chicks received in the mail, not to mention a...

Before building this temporary enclosure we had but one desire: To go out the back door without stepping in duck or Guinea poo! But it’s...

Hwadu is our playful, fearless 6 month old black, polydactyl (extra toed) male cat. Last winter the farm house was invaded by mice and...

We are currently developing new Kitchen Gardens directly behind the farmhouse. First cardboard is laid down to kill the grass, then...

I moved to the Farm the first week of August and already both my pets are gone. Kiwi, the conure, was found dead in her cage August 17....

We purchased 16 White African Guinea hens for the farm in late July, primarily to act as pest control as they are known to voraciously...

Chan Master Boshan Wuyi (1575-1630) admonishes, "In doing practice-work, the foremost essential is to have a rock-hard [resolve] to smash...

On this bright winter morning I was reading Kenneth Rexroth. This poem popped up, making me miss the farm. This is from Rexroth's 1949...

This particular 4 month old Ameraucana rooster was listed as 'free to a good home' by the original Charlie, a kind hobby farmer in nearby...

We adopted two darling doelings on August 14. They are pure Toggenburgs (Swiss dairy goats). Toggs are the oldest registered breed of any...

I like the address of the farm: Hill-n-Dale Road. It was a delight to find a poetic reference while reading Rabindranath Tagore's...

When I was young very young I could not find the words to express how I feel so I read a lot hoping to find the words. I became too full...

Tomatoes we plant sidewise, in a trench. Like this. We dig a trench. Roots, root down into earth, leafy vines climb up up bowing, to sun....

"In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky...