I always forget how beautiful the farm is this time of year. With so many trees in bloom, you can squint your eyes and imagine yourself in a Hudson River School painting. It’s a fleeting piece of heaven here on earth.

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The new blackberry trellis is complete! But before we arrived at this happy moment, I spent weeks scratching my head, agonizing over how to affix 330’ of wire to the locust posts. A commercial roll of 12 gauge wire is rigid, susceptible to kinking, and very heavy; locust posts are resistant to staples, nails, and even screws. With no clear memory of how we did it in 2008, I paid a visit to Mick Makinajian, my berry mentor since that same year. Read more...