local school children. They get to do the basics — 

 they milk the cow ("she's very patient") and feed 

 the chickens; they pot up plants and get to take one 

 home. But advertising is not the main point: Susan 

 genuinely feels it's important that people become 

 attuned to the land and its processes when they're 

 young. 



SUSAN & MICHAEL'S goal when they moved here 

 ten years ago was "to build a lifestyle that incorpo- 

 rated a healthy way of life and an integrated home- 

 stead." "And we've accomplished it, "Susan says. 

 She and Michael live in a house heated by wood and 

 the sun; they raise most of their own food. Michael 

 is an architect whose most personal work utilizes — 

 and evolves from — the land it's built upon. Susan 

 needed to find a profession that fit into this way of 

 life. Growing Things is part of her answer. But 

 Susan has consciously played down the commercial, 

 making sure it doesn't interfere with other things 

 she values — the quietness here, her privacy, her en- 

 joyment of physical work, and what she calls "the 

 funkiness" of the place — a sort of natural sponta- 

 neity in the way things are done — or not done. 



Various field guides describe blackberry brambles 

 {Rubus alleghanensis] as "a problem for the special- 

 ist;" as "rambling," "ascending," "erect." "I love 

 their wildness," Susan says; "the way they change 

 with the seasons, but still stay part of the land- 

 scape." She has chosen the blackberry bramble as 

 her logo. It seems an appropriate choice. B.P. 

 Growing Things is at 53 Babb Road, Deerfield. NH 

 03037. The phone is 603-463-7930. *. 



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U.S. Route 5, White River Junction, VT 05001 

 16 Pinkham Road West, Barrington, Nh 03825 



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