Consulting & Services

Orchard
Need help figuring out what, where and how to plant your fruit trees? Advice on cold hardy varieties, rootstock, organic pest management, pollination, pruning, and more? Josh has been studying and practicing organic apple growing for over 20 years. As one of a handful of dessert fruit organic apple orchards in the state, Josh has a wealth of knowledge for the home grower as well as small commercial orchards. Josh is a longtime (20 yrs+) member of the late Michael Phillips Holistic Apple Orchard group.
Contact us for orchard consultation rates and availability and for fruit tree pruning.

Song
Maria and Josh have been singing together for over 25 years. They also sing with the local group “Farm Song” Enchanting, deep and powerful songs from Ukraine, Russia, Britain, Georgia, Corsica and more.
Maria has been leading singing groups and workshops for over 20 years. Beautiful ancient 2 and 3 part harmony songs, mostly Slavic , but also from other parts of the world, taught in a simple and joyful way. Her singing projects have included:
*Yale Slavic Chorus *Bread and Puppet Chorus, 1997-2001. Lead the chorus and taught Shape Note Hymns, Georgian songs, and more to workshop participants and apprentices at the theater in Glover Vermont, as well as in Italy, India, Belgium, World Expo 2000 Hanover Germany and elsewhere. *Village Harmony 1999- 2001 . Participant in the first adult and first Georgian singing camp *Kitchen Chorus 2000-2005 Community based choir singing polyphonic songs from the country of Georgia *World Harmony Youth Choir *Healing and Ritual Songs Class *Marshfield Slavic Singers
Contact us for singing performances, or song workshops, rates and availability.

Ritual & Magic
We have been creating, remembering, and recreating ancient land and song based rituals and ceremonies for summer solstice, samhain/day of the dead, Brigid’s Day, spring equinox, harvest and more. Need help putting together a ritual for your farm, home, or community organization? We can help you with songs and ceremonies based on ancient traditional Slavic rituals and folk magic. Because our rituals are land based, we prefer in person to zoom.
Contact us for rates and availability.