About Us

We named our farm, Bear Creek Farm, after the creek that runs alongside our garden. When we moved here, we started small and slow, without much infrastructure. We spent the first three years without a well or a reliable source of water save for what we could catch from the sky or scoop up from the creek. We found salamanders and small crustaceans in the creek, little affirmations of life, signals to the quality of water before us, flowing freely in tandem with the things growing above.

Each morning, we’d fill up from the creek, careful to mind the things already living there, and with watering cans in tow, we’d hand water our garden. We’ve watched it change in the time that we’ve lived here. We’ve noticed the ways that a hurricane will change the pathways of water and the ways that systems seek to balance themselves in the aftermath.

Even after we dug a well and installed a solar panel to power our well pump, we continue to catch rain water, to tend to the creek, and we remain mindful of our water usage and all the ways that this land freely offers it to us. We hope the farm’s name and its logo will be a standing testament to our humble origins here, to the many hands and elements that helped this farm grow, and to remember that we’re not only doing this for ourselves, for others, but for the land itself.

We love regenerative farming practices, growing organic fruits and veggies, and are deeply inspired by the work of Masanobu Fukuoka. We believe nature has a lot to teach us, it’s just a matter of slowing down enough to listen. We first met on a farm in Colorado, so it only felt fitting that many years later, we would start one ourselves.

Chris is a dry stone waller by trade. He’s a certified Level II Dry Stone Waller through the DSWA in England. Get in touch and check out more of his work here.

Forrest is a data analyst, a film photographer, and a writer. Her film photos are featured on the site, and you can follow her writing here.

June is our little pup and sidekick. She likes sunning in the garden and taking dips in the creek. She’s quite food obsessed and especially loves chicken droppings.