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First Rains

The first rains have arrived and Ene planted a cover crop of fava beans as a soil amendment and delicious late winter staple. Our garden was devastated by deer over the summer while we were travelling, but we were able to harvest a few pumpkins, acorn squash and late season chiles that survived the onslaught. […]

Clam Skiff Vernacular

Brigantine beach cottages, alleyway view As a teenager in the seventies I spent summers on the South Jersey shore cooking at a seafood restaurant in Brigantine, a tiny island just to the north of Atlantic City. My great grandfather had built one of the first houses on the island in the 1920’s, my dad worked […]

Hum of Home

We’ve had a rare stretch of balmy clear nights and I find myself seduced into staying up late to watch the stars and be lulled by the polyrhythm of crickets and the smell of the watered garden tinged with redwood trees still breathing the morning fog. We’ve heard peeper frogs during the rainy season since […]

Vernacular Knowledge Proxy

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Introducing HAYRIDE

While watching the audience of friends and neighbors at our Farmily Apple Jamboree *Â last month, I decided to revive the Hayride bench I designed over four years ago. Inspired by horse drawn coaches and nineteenth century agricultural joinery, I designed the Hayride to transform a standard straw bale into a comfortable settee for two. […]

White Oak Windfall

looking toward the mouth of Tomales Bay We’re enjoying a spectacular fall in West County with warm, dazzling days andÂ crisp, clear nights. The apples have been harvested and my thoughts have turned to loading summer-cured firewood into the shed before the rains and organizing my piles of timber for winter production in the shop. […]

Field Glasses

Site Specific projectsÂ require careful planning on and off site. When building a treehouse and managing a crew over a sequence of days, small comforts and simple luxuries always help to maintain a convivial atmosphere and improve productivity, especially when the weather is not cooperating. While building treehouses over the years I have developed a […]