Dear Friends of Farmer Frog,
February was a challenging month with the move out of Paradise Farm. We are so grateful for all the support we received from the community to make the impossible possible.
We did not leave the land the way we found it.
We did not leave mountains of trash everywhere, hundreds of thousands of pounds in the wetland and forest edges, used by bears and other wildlife to den in.
We did not leave hundreds of tires in piles seeping into the headwaters of Bear Creek. We did not leave trash-riddled decades-old manure, waist-deep in the barn corners.
We did not leave buildings falling over, only held up by blackberries and trees.
We did not leave dangerous blackberry covered barbwire fencing in the tree lines.
We did not leave rotted haybales hiding mummified rats and mice.
No, we did not leave it the way we found it. We left the land wrapped in our love and gratitude and took with us the gift of memories.
We look forward to new beginnings at BearGrass Farm. We will be having a Farm Raising on April 27 – see below to register if you would like to join us. Also check the calendar on our website for more events, workshops, and volunteer opportunities coming up as the seasons unfold.
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