It is not easy to buy and run a working farm and it is not easy to write a terrific book and jam a bookstore with fans, especially when you’re not even 30. Jenna Woginrich has done all of those things and more. She jammed the Battenkill Bookstore with more than 50 fans Sunday afternoon in Cambridge, N.Y. (where Maria and I plan to move when the farm is sold) and she read from her new book “Barnheart”  (her border collie Gibson, stoodby), took questions and then signed books for her readers, who came from Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts and all over upstate New York.

Barnheart is a hit, much praised and loved. Jenna and I have a lot in common. Our blogs are central to our work and sense of community and we are both passionate about our farms. Jenna is a very different kind of farmer than I am, mainly because I am not a farmer. She believes strongly in agrarian homesteading, raises much of her own food, feeds and slaughters some of her animals, and runs a series of successful workshops at Cold Antler Farm. (You can get signed copies of Jenna’s book or any of my books by calling Battenkill Books at 518 677 2515,  through PayPal on the store’s website, or by e-mailing [email protected].)

Jenna is a very gifted writer and a good friend, and I am proud of her and excited for her. You will be hearing a lot about her.