Author Archives: egfarley

And just like that, it has been over a year since I last posted. If you want an update on what I have been doing this past year, check out this article I wrote for Dwell that briefly catalogs the process of planning Brady and my wedding at our faux farm. We have been upContinue reading “Second Best”

Some of my best friends in college were in a short-lived punk band and the only song of theirs that I remember was pound of shit, half pound bag. In the last few weeks we have been inundated with problems and produce and weeds and actual literal shit that at times it has felt impossibleContinue reading “1 lb of pickles, a half lb jar”

This is a post all about gardening but I need to address the barn cat apocalypse that has taken place over the last 11 months. We started out at nearly 12+/- cats wandering around the property when we moved in and now we are down to a single one. A few of the babies wentContinue reading “Send In the Bugs”

Spring sprang and is still bouncing around here at the faux farm. To catch you up I have a big old update and picture dump of almost everything we have been doing. We are now fully vaxxed along with the rest of our families and hopefully a majority of friends. Finally the warm weather bringsContinue reading “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

I haven’t had such an early bedtime as I do now in over twenty years. The sun sets around 5, I make myself and Brady dinner by 7, I putz around the house a little, and around 8:30/ 9pm I’m ready to be in bed. Ever since I fished a black and white TV outContinue reading “Night Tales”

The fall came in fast and the last two months for me were an anxiety driven asthma flare. For a few weeks there it was so foggy every morning I kept envisioning I was in some form of purgatory like in the movie “The Others”; the only things passing by our door early in theContinue reading “Short Days, Long Winter”

Inevitably there comes a point in every project I take on where things become a chore. To-dos pile up to the point of being overwhelming and the fun is out of the game. Sometimes so much has happened but it doesn’t seem worth writing about because so many more consequential things are happening. However, despiteContinue reading “Death and Chickens”

When I have time to kill, I go see what’s up with the cats and chickens. The chickens don’t like me around so I try to spy on  them through the craggy window mid-morning and try to see who might get into a nesting box and lay an egg. They always spot me and IContinue reading “Ever Expanding Felines”

Welcome to the inaugural faux farm blog post. I haven’t written a personal blog since my livejournal in 2006 so this is exciting, and I will try to keep the vague song lyrics to a minimum.  It has been nearly 2 months since we (me, partner, cat, two dogs) moved from Philadelphia to a rentedContinue reading “Welcome!”