Basil's Farm Stand

It all started about six years ago...

Back when Ben and Mary first started dating, dinner and drinks at their local favorite, Flaherty’s (or more affectionately known as Flags) was a weekly occurrence. They ate and drank, vividly daydreaming about the day they would own a home together and all the exciting things they could do:

Build furniture, run a PB&J Sandwich Make & Drop event for the poor, host monthly art events for troubled and struggling youth, run a blacksmithing business, host annual summer music festivals featuring neighborhood-local bands and artists of all ages and styles, host annual Fall Shakespeare events... run a homestead that could feed their family even if the grocery stores all shut down.

While each of these goals held a special place in their hearts, none brought quite as hot a flame as the idea of becoming a part of Nature’s Circuit... which is to say- be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem. They knew that by caring for the land and growing their food, they would be able to support the earth while also supporting their family. What more could one ask for than all the food you need, clean water to drink and fresh air to breathe?

So, in the summer of 2018 they bought a house, transported their miniature garden all the way from Macedon to Webster and began their journey as home owners and small scale homesteaders. The next year, they more than tripled their garden- and what an adventure that was being pregnant! This year, with the pandemic freshly upon them, Ben and Mary decided to take the big leap: They would build their road-side farm stand... and they would open it, too.

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