Kurtwood Farms

Book Readings in February

Posted by kurtwood on January 30th, 2012

I will be out doing readings for the paperback edition of Growing a Farmer. Do come down and join me if you can. Wednesday February 1st at 7:00 at Elliott Bay Books Friday February 10th at 6:00 at Vashon Book Shop. Wednesday February 15th at 6:30 at Book Larder

First day of the new web site

Posted by kurtwood on December 9th, 2011

It is a beautiful morning here on the farm; briskly cold, dry and quite cloudy. But the cows are happy, eating their morning hay while I snap their picture. Off to the make-room to work on Dinah’s Cheese. Thankfully it is a toasty 72′ in there.

Local 2.0

Posted by kurtwood on May 20th, 2011

I find that I have been misunderstood. Wouldn’t be such a bad thing except that I fancy myself a writer. The whole point of writing is to communicate thoughts clearly. If I am unable to convey ideas properly, then I should just go back to the barn and muck out the stalls and be done… Read more »

Back to the Farm

Posted by kurtwood on April 7th, 2011

I finally feel as though I am back at the farm after setting aside three months to work on selling my book Growing a Farmer. I flew out to New York City to appear on the Martha Stewart show on March 1st, then headed down to San Francisco to speak at a few book stores… Read more »

Growing a Farmer

Posted by kurtwood on January 21st, 2011

My book — Growing a Farmer has been officially released by WW Norton. It has been quite a month, seeing a copy of the book for the first time last month and now traveling around talking about the book. The book launch party was this past Monday and was a great success. Two hundred and… Read more »

It’s a Small World

Posted by kurtwood on September 8th, 2010

I just got this email. I love it. It made me smile. Made me realize that it is a small world and oftentimes a difficult world and that little bits of glee help so very much at times.I used to work at the Heinen’s on Route 306. I loaded groceries into cars. It was a… Read more »

Culture 2.0

Posted by kurtwood on August 21st, 2010

This past Tuesday I was in the city. Seattle, that is. I needed to leave the Island for an appointment, even though it was the height of summer and I am loathe to leave my sunny spot of a farm. As I had a few minutes to kill, I walked over to the Frye Art… Read more »

Learning from the Beasts

Posted by kurtwood on August 3rd, 2010

It has been a dry summer even if it hasn’t been particularly sunny and hot. The pastures have dried up and the grass growing is slowly down. As I have eleven cows that need to be fed daily, I have stepped in and begun to feed them hay, to save the remaining pastures from over… Read more »

Stone Barn Dreaming

Posted by kurtwood on July 26th, 2010

It is hard for me at times to keep from looking at ever more grander farms. This morning I found this gem advertised on the New York Times.:http://bddw.com/STONE_BARNS/barns_00.htmlThis is an extraordinary property: 147 acres near New Paltz with stone barns and a beautiful old farmhouse. I could live there, raise a larger herd of cows… Read more »

Loving Print

Posted by kurtwood on July 22nd, 2010

I love the internet. Really I do. I could expound on the ways that I use it at every hour of the day. I panic if I don’t have my iPhone on me at all times. I love the connection to the world.But then, I get a glimpse of our former ways and I revel… Read more »