Finding a contractor and making sure we get an affordable, energy efficient home there is turning into a full-time job. Thanks to all who have shown interest in our site. We're urban herb growers, currently living in an old-style rowhouse and an overcrowded postage stamp garden. We're working on establishing an expanded herb farm on our hilltop parcel in the Berkshires where we will officially establish our farm under the name Phase Botanicals. There are 15 teaching gardens with 100 types of herbs in each.
Every plant has it's own instructional plaque, describing it's uses, medicinal and otherwise.
Our new place, with camper and garden shed, Summer 1999 Our new land was a dairy farm until the 1940's and has since grown over with a wonderful variety of trees, shrubs and wild herbs including coltsfoot, bloodroot, self-heal and American sarsaparilla. Our new home, as well, will be in harmony with the environment. We're planning an earth bermed and covered, passive solar construction that should only require an occasional boost from a woodstove during our cold New England winters.