Stone's Throw Farm

My friend Ellen (with the hugging pig at left) from New Lebanon, New York, made my day — no, week — no, year! — when she emailed me on Tuesday with the subject line, “Guess where I am?” The answer was Minneapolis! She had driven out to the great state of Minnesota with her dear friend Anna, who was kind enough to let Ellen drive Anna’s newly acquired car up to Duluth to visit me. I happened to have a day off yesterday from a busy week at the group home where I work, so it worked out perfectly for Ellen to visit.

Ellen is the superstar farmer at Hand Hollow Farm, and we met while apprenticing at Caretaker Farm (along with our friend Becky) in 2007. We haven’t seen each other since then, so it was pretty awesome to get to talk in person and compare notes. We ate Stone’s Throw Farm pork and Third Street Bakery cookies, played Carcassonne with Elden, and, of course, visited the farm. Ellen really liked the rusty truck.

Seriously, I did take her out to the farm, but my camera would not cooperate at the time. Figures. Not that there was much to see besides snow, but at least she got a sense of the place. I got to see Ellen’s farm the fall that she plowed the field for the first time and was making plans for her first season, but I’d love to get out there one of these years (sooner rather than later, I hope!) to see how things have progressed.

Thanks again for visiting, Ellen!