One-Woman Farm: My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, and a Fine Fiddle - Hardcover

Woginrich, Jenna

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9781603427180: One-Woman Farm: My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, and a Fine Fiddle

Synopsis

In this inspiring memoir, Jenna Woginrich reflects on the joys, sorrows, trials, and blessings discovered through a year of homesteading. With eloquent prose, delightful illustrations, and inspiring snippets of poetry, Woginrich revels in the unique charms of each season on the land. Full of poignant observations and fascinating tidbits of farming lore, this book is a heartfelt testament to the deep fulfillment one can find in the practical tasks and timeless rituals of an agricultural life.  

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About the Author

Jenna Woginrich is the author of An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Backyard ChickensBarnheart and Made from Scratch. She blogs at coldantlerfarmny.com, as well as for the Huffington Post and Mother Earth News. She shares her farm in rural New York with chickens and geese, sheep, a hive of bees, and some amiable rabbits.

From the Back Cover

"My year is now measured not by days but by life cycles. My holy days are based on the work and events of the farm and the seasons." - Jenna Woginrich

Liberated from a Monday-to-Friday office routine that left her yearning for full days of caring for crops and animals, Jenna Woginrich settles into the rhythms and rituals of running a small farm. Her eloquent record of this time expresses deep gratitude for everything her new way of life offers, from the joy of delivering twin lambs to the intense emotions of pig harvest day.

Beginning and ending in October - the conclusion of a successful growing season and the beginning of a long, reflective winter - Jenna's seasonal writings reveal the daily surprises and moments of pure grace that fill a farm year.

From the Inside Flap

"My year is now measured not by days but by life cycles. My holy days are based on the work and events of the farm and the seasons." - Jenna Woginrich

Liberated from a Monday-to-Friday office routine that left her yearning for full days of caring for crops and animals, Jenna Woginrich settles into the rhythms and rituals of running a small farm. Her eloquent record of this time expresses deep gratitude for everything her new way of life offers, from the joy of delivering twin lambs to the intense emotions of pig harvest day.

Beginning and ending in October - the conclusion of a successful growing season and the beginning of a long, reflective winter - Jenna's seasonal writings reveal the daily surprises and moments of pure grace that fill a farm year.

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