The Field Library
The Field Library is an evolving, living archive created by Blackwood Educational Land Institute to help people experience the rhythms of regenerative agriculture in real time. Designed as both an educational resource and a seasonal record, the library documents what’s happening across the farm — from planting cycles and soil development to crop trials, perennial grains, pollinator activity, weather patterns, and harvests.
Rather than presenting farming as a static idea, the Field Library invites visitors to witness agriculture as a living system that changes day by day and season by season. Through field notes, photography, research observations, maps, and storytelling, the project creates a transparent window into the ecological processes shaping the land, while making regenerative farming more accessible, understandable, and participatory for the wider community.
August 27, 2014
The Farmer Editorial: Mushroom Compost
I’ve been asked this question at least 5 times in the last year so I figured it was time for a bit of due diligence, to bring myself up to date. The last review I did on mushroom compost, over 10 years ago, left me with a with a “I’ll definitely pass” answer.
October 9, 2014
Native Fall Season Bounty – Permaculture Zones 3 – 5
Temperatures finally slipped into a cool glide this week, along with a soaking rain that brought a vibrant green to pastures and landscapes, perhaps one last time. Cruising the country roads of Montgomery, Waller, Washington and Austin Counties, I couldn’t help but note the native bounty (food, fiber, medicinal plants) of the season was at or near harvest stage.
November 21, 2014
Storing Baby Ginger
Keep in mind that baby ginger is quite different, more delicate/tender and fruit/vegetable-like, than the ginger most of us are familiar with. Follow along as Hans explains storing baby ginger.
October 26, 2015
Spring Farm Stories
Read some stories from the farm!
August 19, 2016
“P” is for Permaculture
Permaculture is both a farming method and an ideology on how to create a better world; a sustainable practice and mindset designed specifically for human spaces.
August 22, 2016
“Q” is for Quality of Life
A core foundation to sustainable agriculture is that it must viably produce enough food to accommodate a given population. The first way sustainable agriculture aids our quality of life is by ensuring we will all have enough to eat.
August 31, 2016
“T” is for Tillage (Conservational)
The traditional method of tilling involves turning up the soil of an entire field with a machine, removing the past year’s crop completely to make the field a clean slate for planting. Conservational tillage practices offer environmentally and sustainably friendly solutions to tilling fields and preparing them for new crops. Read more to learn how.
September 16, 2016
Sowing & Growing With Rebecca Verm
From the backyards of rented houses and the fence-line between commercial properties, to nearly an acre of city easement on a property some friends were tired of mowing, Sown & Grown has farmed wherever we can find, because without a farm there is no farmer.
Be a part of the regenerative movement
Reconnect with the land, grow real food, and be a part of restoring the earth in a tangible, meaningful way.
