We were raised in rural Liberty, Maine. Our mom, a teacher, was born here in 1928 and was raised by her parents, our grandfather, a wheeler dealer in land and farm animals, and our grandmother, who was a teacher for 35 years. Our father, a forester, was raised in the back country of northern Wisconsin by his father and stepmother. His dad was an Agriculture major at Madison and worked for the federal government while she was raising 8 children. Dad came to Maine when he was 14 to help his grandfather on the farm who was suffering from Alzheimer’s. They lived right over the hill from our mother. The rest is history!
     Now you know how we got here. We went about our lives trying to make a difference in the world. Tom moved to Connecticut to try to find a way to make a living there and spent 37 years with United Technologies while raising 6 kids. James stayed in Liberty to work in construction and installed about 400 septic systems for homes and several cottages around the pristine Lake St. George while raising 6 kids. James also makes maple syrup on land our grandfather bought in 1932.

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          We raised blueberries for many years on several hundred acres throughout the 60's & 70's. We always had gardens growing up and throughout our lives and remember how well our parents knew how to raise vegetables and a few critters.

 

        There are hundreds of small run-out fields in the area that could be brought back to fertility if only there could be some inspiration. We always missed seeing the farms that were running when we were kids.

We have been raising garlic for about 12 years now and are encouraged to see if larger scale farming is sustainable in the Maine climate. We have purchased a 32 acre farm with a 186' barn.
It seems our climate is about right for the northern types of hardneck garlic and we are raising one of each of five main varieties.

Though we aren’t certified organic yet, we use organic principles and will be certified soon!