About Buckminster Farm
A Warm Welcome to You
Buckminster Farm is a small farm that offers a haven from hurry. Our 28 acres include hayfields, forests, extensive gardens and happy chickens. The focus here is on slowly and surely building solid foundations. That includes soil health that nurtures healthy plants and healthy people and gardens that will provide beauty and bounty for generations. It also includes building relationships that are equally solid and nourishing. This is not a production farm - we offer the bounty of the farm in season and as available. Whether you become a subscriber and customize a mix of products and services or go a la carte and take a class, plan a restful and creative stay, design or redesign your garden, or treat your houseplants to Good Dirt, we hope the creativity, simplicity and beauty of this way of life will help you slow down, find peace, and enjoy life.
Scroll down to the blog, Notes From the Farm, to check what’s available each week.
House Account - a convenient way to be a Regular
Customize and Ease Into Your Farm Experience
Buckminster Farm can offer you produce, recipes, plants, garden and cooking consulting, how-to classes, a vase full of flowers, eggs, and so much more as the season dictates. Subscribers pay a fee to start a house account and we work together to customize the products, services and ideas that add simplicity, beauty, ease and joy to your days - exactly what you need when you need them. I love to share my love of cooking, farming and pared-down lifestyle with all who are likewise craving the good life!
Set up a House Account
A subscription simplifies payment for both of us and allows you to get what you need in the realm of food, cooking and gardening help that makes your life simpler, tastier and more beautiful. We look forward to crafting a mix of products and services that meet your needs.
Workshops & Events
Making, Baking & Learning in Community
The simplicity and beauty and joy of this way of life can be learned! Workshops are most generally limited to six participants which keeps the chaos down and helps build solid and nourishing relationships - even if just for a few hours. Workshops can be scheduled for small friend groups - a minimum of four - and can be customized. What do you want to learn or do in community? Let me know.
We are available for cooking sessions at your house or mine if you are looking for more creative or streamlined solutions for tasty meals. Whether you are an experienced cook or just starting, sometimes simply having an appointment allows you to have fun and have food. We can customize a recipe and shopping list for the session.
Spa Day for Your Indoor Plants
Book Your Indoor-Plant Spa Day
Contact Buckminster Farm to schedule a repotting day at your home. For the pedicure, your houseplants will dip their toes in mycorrhizae and a mineral rich, fertile soil that includes composted manure, worm castings, bio char, real soil, coco coir, perlite, vermiculite, kelp, brix blend basalt, high-cal lime and kelp. After the treatment, they will have years of clean eating and fine dining in the pot of their choosing!
$50 for a 1 1/2 hour visit to your place (within 15 miles of Buckminster Farm) + $10 per gallon of soil
Get Creative With Work
Get Creative With Work
As it turns out, ‘at work’ is rarely a good place to get foundational work done. If you need a peaceful place to really focus on a project, a strategic plan, or sort through a sticky challenge or enticing opportunity, Buckminster Farm offers a beautiful, quiet location and skilled and experienced nonprofit and for profit business coach to help you successfully work on your next step.
$150 per hour for coaching. $500 for 4 hours/half day. Half Day Entrepreneurs are invited to stay onsite a night prior or night after at no cost to focus on your project. Upstairs apartment with separate entrance, bathroom, bedroom, sitting room, mini-fridge and electric kettle (no kitchen).
Plants for Sale
My Favorite Plants Grown in Re-Mineralized Soil
The key to growing healthy plants is to simply give them good soil and good growing conditions. The same mineral mix we use for our Good Dirt for houseplants goes into the beds here, too. The right nutrients and growing conditions make fruits and vegetables tastier and more nutritious and all plants more vibrant and vigorous. Perennials are available spring and fall when conditions are best for digging and transplanting. If you don’t see a plant on the list, please ask. We grow a wide variety of easy, vigorous plants.
We are also available for garden consults if you want to get started or are looking to improve design, efficiency and/or soil.