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Welcome to the Twisted Roots Farm Blog
This little project is also about how we express our creativity, which includes artwork, poetry, crafting and some of the more practical things we have experimented with over years living in close relationship with this land.


Loving the Beings Who Feed Me
I was asked last year, by a very lovely woman on a goat walk, how I am able to be in such deep relationship with the various beings here at our farm and then eat them. It was a wonderful question, one that I could tell that she was so curious about herself due to her deep love of life and of all beings. If she had asked me twenty years ago, or perhaps even eight or nine years ago, if I could imagine myself being a part of the birth of an animal, midwiving them into the worl
Twisted Roots Farm
3 days ago10 min read


Butterfly Lodge: A Place of Connection and Community Building
Homesteading and living off-grid in the woods is a way of life that is not for everyone. People often ask why we chose this way of life because it certainly comes with challenges. Making a living from the land is an incredibly hard process that requires time, energy, money, a little bit of crazy and a whole lot of grit. However, our motivation at the core is about land protection and learning from the Wild community (nature). We truly believe that if we are to begin address
Twisted Roots Farm
Jan 184 min read


Our Story, Our Vision
In 2016, we sold everything we owned, said goodbye to family and friends, and hit the road with our truck and travel trailer in search of a place that would become our greatest teacher. Our desire to understand our food systems and root deeply with a place, had been calling to us for some time. The pressure of urban life and accelerated growth was not a life we wanted to continue living and we knew in our heart of hearts that if we truly wanted to understand our relationshi
Twisted Roots Farm
Jan 115 min read


Sitting with the Land and Feeding our Ancestors
The land is our greatest teacher. Through her wisdom may we have the courage to grow into cultures our grandchildren will want to remember.

William Kosloski
Sep 26, 202510 min read


Ecological Re-Membering: Taking our Place in the Web of LIfe
Remembering our place in the web of life in times of accelerating ecological change.

William Kosloski
Feb 9, 20259 min read


The Machine
The morning light sinks like ship wrecks in the night Waking up to our daytime realities Where the moon sings her lusty desires Taking...

William Kosloski
Feb 8, 20251 min read


Do Not Lose Heart. We Were Made for These Times.
This time of ecological collapse, although soaked in grief, also ushers in the possibility of a unique, never-before-seen dream.
Twisted Roots Farm
Jan 29, 202514 min read


Hair of the Hog Botanicals
Organic Pure Lard Soap made in small batches using wildcrafted and organically grown botanicals.
Twisted Roots Farm
Oct 18, 20248 min read


Twisted Roots Farm : A Time Beyond Ours
Over the last few weeks, we have been really evaluating our purpose here at Twisted Roots Farm. It has been a time of reflecting on the...
Twisted Roots Farm
Jul 9, 20249 min read


Into The Silence Of The Trees
The seeds of ancestry swim in the DNA of you and me Where we marry our agreements with those wild ones that have shaped and formed our...

William Kosloski
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Summer Takes Her Throne
Prophetic Phonetic Sounds in the canopy of bird song Clipped Sharp Yet resonate with the trees Sunlight penetrates the budding branches...

William Kosloski
Jul 9, 20241 min read


FireDog Medicine
These past seven years of living in the woods has been a journey, an adventure, and for myself a dream come true. Living this way can...

William Kosloski
Jul 2, 20246 min read


A Time of Transition
Finding my way here, to this diverse and rich land in the woods along a magical brook, has been such an immense gift. I have been truly...

Terry Cryer
Jul 2, 20246 min read
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