Posts Tagged ‘horses’
Replacing Oil with Oats
Stephen Leslie plows on a spring morning. By Taylor Knoop.
By Taylor Knoop and Edie Farwell
Stephen Leslie has linked his background in art and seven years as a Benedictine monk by sculpting and harvesting the earth. Using sustainable practices. Stephen and his wife Kerry Gawalt make their livelihood farming Cedar Mountain Farm, located on the Cobb
Partnering Kids with Horses
Maeve on Horse-Drawn Plow
Stephen Leslie originally published this article in the 2011 Fall edition of the Small Farmer’s Journal. Reprinted with permission. Stephen runs our Farmers Apprenticeship.
At Cedar Mountain Farm, we have been hosting school groups for more than a decade. In recent years many of these visits have been under the auspices of the Farm
For the Love of Horses
Stephen Leslie originally published this article on the Cedar Mountain Farm Blog on June 16, 2010.* Reprinted with permission. Stephen runs our Farmers’ Apprenticeship.
I have always favored a broad brimmed hat over a ball cap, especially so after working on the land out west. Without a proper cover on your head the mid-summer sun will crisp
Cobb Hill Harvest Celebration: Keynote Address
By Stephen Leslie. Speech given at Cobb Hill Harvest Celebration, October 19, 2011.
Introduction
I was not born into the farming life. A child of suburbia, I came into agriculture by a circuitous route and did not start farming fulltime until I was 31 years old. As a young adult I attended art school and then soon after
