Welcome to Taproot Farm!

We are creating a small-scale, eventually sustainable, farm here in Capon Bridge, West Virginia. After 25 years of living, working and raising a family in Arlington, Virginia, we have returned to Tim’s home state to settle on the banks of the Cacapon River. Farm life is new and exciting for us and there is much to learn.

Our 20-acre farm is young – we are still building the infrastructure and soils.  But even still, we have already enjoyed many successes (and challenges) growing vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, berries and herbs in our garden.  After our first year, we introduced free-range chickens, honey bees and lambs. Our goal is to develop a small-scale farm that operates in an organic, interdependent way- utilizing natural systems, not chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

We hope our efforts add some positive momentum to the Local Food movement and assist in improving the Earth’s health.  On Taproot Farm, we are living a much simpler life- enjoying the natural pace of our days and letting nature be our guide.

Our farm (and this website) are a “work in progress”.  We hope you will enjoy watching us grow and have a chance to visit us regularly on the web or in person.

~ Beth and Tim Reese

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Everything is here to be happy on earth. We have snow and every day a new morning. We have trees and rain, hope and tears. We have humus and oxygen, Animals and all the colors. We have distant lands and bicycles. We have sun and shadow. We are rich. ~Hundertwasser

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*Directions to the farm

*Visit us on our Taproot Farm Facebook page for new photos and farm happenings

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JOIN US -in 2012

To continue building Querencia- our straw bale artist’s studio.

Interested in learning how to build with natural materials?

We are hosting weekend workshops in straw-bale/ cob construction and clay finishing.

Click Here for Workshop information and REGISTRATION

(our 2011 workshops are over but 2 more coming in 2012- TBA)

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Stories and photos about the weekend workshops so far:

Cob Oven Fun  - May 2011

Adobe Floor – June 2011

Strawbale and More Strawbale -  June 2011

Cob and More Cob -  July 2011

Clay and Lime Plaster I and II -  July 2011

Finish Clay Plaster – September 2011

Further Progress – Fall 2011