Author Archives: Reber Rock Farm

I wrote last week about some of my fears and how I often feel blinded by them. I have been practicing noticing when I feel stuck and blind, and I mean the literal sensations of clenched shoulders, furrowed brow and sudden impulse to do something else. When I feel those things I stop, stand upContinue reading “Having tea with prices and costs”

The green of summer pastures has faded to distant memory and the snow flakes swirl in the wind outside my window. Shades of brown branches are spotted with five cardinals, who flitter about, offering me ample distraction from starting my task at hand. January is a time of reflection, planning, visioning and questioning, which doContinue reading “Possibility”

On a recent trip to stay with some farmer friends in western Massachusetts, they served us fresh homemade tortillas with an impressive array of farm fresh toppings. A disproportionate amount of our family meals are burritos/tacos and so this was a familiar meal. However the flavor and fresh taste of the tortillas was a revelationContinue reading “Corn Queen”

This week brought unseasonably warm weather as we welcome a new year. We had a wonderful, dense snow fall a few weeks ago that has slowly been dwindling with rain and warm afternoons. While I mourn the slow and silent departure of the white blanket I’m reminded that perhaps mourning is a perspective not heldContinue reading “Bringing in the New Year”

Friday and Saturday brought our first significant snow fall of the year and from the looks of the forecast we’ll have a white Christmas this year. Racey and I had a laugh out loud moment when we said hello to the pigs on Saturday morning after we got almost two feet of snow. The temperatureContinue reading “Snow Day for Pigs”

I’m thankful for the many gifts that life brings every day. And now the many lawn ornaments, intricate light displays and music in the hardware store let me know the season has changed from fall to Christmas. I love the art of giving, but as a farmer, father and business owner I am always lookingContinue reading “Meaningful Gifts”

Gifts come in many forms, often in ones that I do not expect. Racey continues her recovery from surgery now that more than a week has passed. The gift of slowing down is not always what we ask for, yet when accepted it is a treasure without equal. Thank you for all the words andContinue reading “Gifts for the Holidays”

I cut down an old maple tree this week. This old grandmother tree has many children scattered around the farm, I’ve written about at least one of them. There is a children’s song by a group we love in our house called Grandmother Tree by the Okee Dokee Brothers. The song tells a story aboutContinue reading “Grandmother Tree”

Fall has been kind to us. We had ample time to prepare for the inevitable first snow and frozen ground. And yet ample time does not always mean we are prepared. This year we were pretty darn close. Those of us on the farm who are warm blooded were not prepared however. Just a weekContinue reading “Christmas lamb and winter pigs”

When last we left, we had some very full freezers. So full in fact, that we could not even walk into either freezer. I put the word out for help last week and we were honored by the response we got. On a normal Monday we pack between 15-20 orders, and we had 46 toContinue reading “Record Breaking Day”