Blog Posts

A lot of folks want to know about the Big Red Barn.  We will share some tidbits over the next few posts.   First,  episode one, when and why was it built? As a typical Pennsylvania Dutch bank barn, we are to believe this barn was completed around 1906, five years after the main farm… Read more

Lately we have worked so hard at the farm that a day ran into a week and a week led to a month.  The autumn temperatures have helped in our productivity and I have fallen very far behind in keeping you updated on the progress.  A time out is much needed to share with you… Read more

I’ve only read about the stomping of grapes; however, in the near future I really want to experience the feeling  of juicy grapes between my toes and the stomping of fruit into wine.  What an amazing experience it must be to toss off your socks and shoes and leap into a vat of grapes.   Dancing around and… Read more

Initially, the number of tasks and amount of work that needed to be done at the farm overwhelmed most of Evergreen Bend Farm’s guests.  It was not uncommon to hear, “Burn the whole thing down — start over!” or  “I wouldn’t waste my time on this.” Check out what our neighbor, who rents our pasture, had… Read more

is bad for the soul!  At Evergreen Bend Farm, we have been working very hard, but we’ve been playing even harder.  I didn’t want you to think that all we do is work, work, work. We also play. We discovered that loading the dump truck with metal piles and bed springs creates quite a springy… Read more

Openings and closings, the beginning and the end.  Doors are opportunities and unfortunately they mark finality.  Each door or gate is an entrance, and it is also a barrier.  When you see a door,  you anticipate a passage.  Your mind prepares to go through a portal, moving  from one area to another you look around… Read more