by Mary Ball | May 22, 2020 | Slow Living
This time last year we were honored to welcome Graham Keegan (@yesgraham) and his crew to our farm as they made their way from Los Angeles to Vermont, educating communities along their route about the magic of the indigo plant. As the DC area stop on the 2019 Indigo...
by lady-farmer | May 5, 2020 | Book Club, Slow Living
As we make our way through the many changes wrought by this journey through the global pandemic, do you find yourself drawn to the idea of wilderness? When we begin to recognize a desire for a more slow living lifestyle, there comes a glimmer of awakening from the...
by Becky Fitzpatrick | Apr 21, 2020 | Book Club, Slow Living
We love a good book, and we also love how these days at home have given us a little more time to read. Hopefully it’s been the same for you, or maybe you’re setting it as more of an intention for the new normal. That’s why we came up with the idea for the Slow Living...
by Mary Ball | Apr 14, 2020 | Reflections, Slow Living
This post was written by Grace Brian, founder and designer behind Line + Tow. She is an incredibly talented designer and developed all of the garments for Line + Tow, now available in our shop! We all know what a quilt is – or we at least have some idea. To some...
by lady-farmer | Apr 3, 2020 | Slow Living, Sustainable Living
The tradition of dyeing Easter eggs goes way back, most likely even before Easter itself, to pagan times when spring celebrations included decorating eggs as a symbol of rebirth. For me personally, the ritual goes back to the sixties, a kitchen table covered with...
by Becky Fitzpatrick | Mar 31, 2020 | Reflections, Slow Fashion, Slow Food, Slow Living
So here we are. The Lady Farmer Guide to Slow Living is at long last coming into the world. It’s been a longer project than it started out to be, but isn’t that often the case? It wasn’t the writing of it that took a while. That part came fairly...
by Becky Fitzpatrick | Mar 15, 2020 | Reflections, Slow Living
It’s a widely accepted and well studied notion that our modern way of life has created a disconnect between humans and the natural world, and this affects our health and well-being. Our direct interaction with the sun and wind, the weather, the seasonal shifts,...
by Becky Fitzpatrick | Mar 8, 2020 | Reflections, Slow Living
Today marks the return of Daylight Savings Time for much of the country, and the whole thing about losing an hour and gaining it back in the fall. Isn’t it odd how whatever time the clock says, is only what everyone has agreed it’s going to be? Let’s...
by Becky Fitzpatrick | Jan 29, 2020 | Slow Living
Sowing seeds of slow living is our mantra at Lady Farmer. Simplifying our belongings, prioritizing good choices in food and clothing, and choosing sustainable habits have a positive impact on ourselves, our community and our planet. In 2019, the Lady Farmer community...
by Becky Fitzpatrick | Jan 15, 2020 | Slow Fashion, Slow Living, Sustainable Living
Lady Farmer began with a mission—to create clothes that we love to wear, that are functional for our lifestyles, and that are produced ethically to protect industry workers and our planet. Fast fashion is among the topmost polluting industries in the world, and our...
