Sap Bush Cafe is now open for the season, every Saturday, 9-2 through the last Saturday before Thanksgiving. We are now posting the weekly specials over on a special page dedicated exclusively to cafe event over on the farm website. Find it here: www.SapBushFarmStore.com/Cafe. … Read More >
The Radical Homemaker
Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.
The Long Way
“You know the longest way around is the sweetest way home,” Sanford used to tell me all the time. My eighty-plus-year old farming friend would tell me that when we’d climb into the upper pastures to pick blackberries, using that maxim as an excuse to amble a bit farther afield, checking the water … Read More >
Stop Scrolling & Listen Up! Let’s talk about farming and vaccination.
This piece, written by Shannon, originally appeared as a story at SapBushFarmStore.com. “Do you vaccinate your animals?” The call comes in as I’m getting ready for bed early last week. “We vaccinate the sheep,” I tell the caller. “They get a C, D & T vaccine, for Clostridium … Read More >
The Banana Peanut Butter Coffee Smoothie
“You kids just want to shove me into whatever version of myself is most convenient for you!” I lash out at Saoirse. She doesn’t deserve it. There’s a jazz concert tonight. I want to look nice. Last summer I bought some pretty new clothes that might fit under the harness for my bari. I’ve yet … Read More >
Shannon Hayes Speaks on Hearth Matters
It was a pleasure to join Kathryn Lukas-Damer and Erin Szuma of Hearth Matters for an extended conversation about Radical Homemakers, Redefining Rich, and what makes a hearth-centered life work....and what doesn't. I hope you'll check this out! … Read More >