Farm Glance: Four Season Farm, part one
We feel particularly fortunate to be writing this post for we know that many seasoned and aspiring farmers would love to visit Four Season Farm, home of Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman. And if you don’t quite know why that is, simply visit a green thumb and take a peak at his or her library: it is likely you will find a few of the books written by Barbara and Eliot. With their lifelong dedication to organic farming and gardening, there is no doubt that Barbara and Eliot have, and will continue to, inspire and inform generations of gardeners and small-scale farmers. As you can imagine, it was a real treat to spend time with them and the Four Season team. We met the people and saw the place behind the books and delighted in both stories of how they started-Eliot purchased the 60 acre wooded property from Scott and Helen Nearing at $33 per acre and cleared it by hand-and where they are heading-ideas for new tools or systems are plentiful at Four Season Farm.

These hoop benders are available from http://www.hoopbenders.net and Johnny's Seeds.
We drove to the Bucksport farmer’s market to see the Four Season Farm stand in action. See below how the whole unit is self contained: fill it with veggies, use the van to bring it to the local farmer’s market, open it up, arrange the produce and flowers, and voilà: this great example of craftmanship is both ingenious and elegant. Now what we want to know is, can we make a similar stand light enough to be pulled by a bicycle?
Continued: check out part two of the Four Season Farm Glance.
love the site