Spring Building Restarts!
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...
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benjamin henry
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
A Dog's Buddha Nature
The Buddha said to enjoy happiness ourselves we must strive for the happiness of others. These farm animals, in particular the goats,...
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Jeff LeGro
- May 17, 2022
- 2 min
Beginning Farmer's Mind
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...
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Jeff LeGro
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
Kittens, Kittens, Kittens
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...
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Jeff LeGro
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Permaculture principles and our winter mudroom
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...
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Sanha
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
When Hwadu met Dotori
Hwadu is our playful, fearless 6 month old black, polydactyl (extra toed) male cat. Last winter the farm house was invaded by mice and...
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Jeff LeGro
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Growing Soil
We are currently developing new Kitchen Gardens directly behind the farmhouse. First cardboard is laid down to kill the grass, then...
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Jeff LeGro
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Great is the Matter of Birth and Death
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....
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benjamin henry
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
Our most recent addition: Guinea Hens
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...
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Sanha
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
Mowing & Doing Practice-Work
Chan Master Boshan Wuyi (1575-1630) admonishes, "In doing practice-work, the foremost essential is to have a rock-hard [resolve] to smash...
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Sanha
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
The Thin Edge of Your Pride
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...
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benjamin henry
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Charlie the Rooster
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...
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Sanha
- Aug 19, 2020
- 1 min
Susie & Daisy: Two Darling Doelings
We adopted two darling doelings on August 14. They are pure Toggenburgs (Swiss dairy goats). Toggs are the oldest registered breed of any...
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Sanha
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
Hill n Dale
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...
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joyong
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
water and stone
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...
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joyong
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
Tomatoes We Plant Sideways.
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....
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Sanha
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
February 2, 1968
"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...
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joyong
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Practising Our New Normal Or Returning to the Farm
“Worrying about the future means living in denial about the fundamentally uncertain nature of life.” (medium.com) I got a bike Saturday,...
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Sanha
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
Farm Daily Schedule
We set up Seonbang (meditation room) in one large room upstairs of the farmhouse. Daily morning service starts at 6 am with Wakeup...
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joyong
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
Cross the Rip Van Winkle Bridge to Get to the Farm
The story of Rip Van Winkle, published in 1819 by American writer Washington Irving, tells the tale of Rip Van Winkle who lived in the...
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