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Mary Mathias kneading bread at the Derby house. They made all their own bread.

Bill and Iola Kelley, farmers from Newport, Vt., who mentored the Frog Run Farm inhabitants. Bill offered for the Frog Run Farm to take over his vegetable stand in Derby. They declined because they wanted to farm their own land for their own use

Denise O'Brian and Mike, last name unknown, on the front porch at Frog Run

Robert Houriet and Steve Crevoshay sugaring at the Derby house. Steve later started and ran Newport Natural, a natural foods store in Newport, VT.

Anatole Trudeau at his sawmill on the Frog Run Farm property. They bought the farm from him. The first year they purchased the farm, he was still operating the sawmill, and helped the members mill the lumber for the sugarhouse. Later, he dismantled…

Pud (the dog) next to woodstove at Steve Crevoshay's house in West Charleston

Martha Lasley with the new team of horses, Henry (black) and Bill (buckskin in foreground), and first attempt at plowing - plow broke moments after this picture was taken. The neighbor from across the road came over to plow the garden with his…

Robert Houriet sugaring at Frog Run Farm

On June 30, after heavy rains, there as statewide flooding. The driveway at Frog Run Farm washed out and the field across the road flooded. The truck in the photo had been borrowed from Anatole Trudeau in order to transport manure received from a…

Hens at Frog Run Farm in the barn

Mary and David depart on a cross country trip

Kerry Abram harvesting basil at Frog Run Farm