Background Check
I'm Jordan (or JoJo)
I loathe narcissists
(and the squishy, tad-pole-egg-esque interiors of raw tomatoes...but we’ll talk about that later)
which explains why I have always brushed off suggestions of having a blog... I can’t stand the thought of exuding the false impression that I am self-centered... BUT the best compliment in the world is when people tell me that I inspired them. Inspired people certainly make the world a better place and if I can hand out some inspiration then I’d best do my part!
How did I end up in this gorgeous green place with a jungle-iferous garden, standing next to my tool belt-ed soul mate?
The abridged version:
This is home and I moved back after 10 years which were comprised of: schooling, cooking, gallivanting/eating my way around the world, cooking, being a managing editor/ staff photographer of a magazine, cooking, photo-journalisting, stressing, cooking, writing, swearing off writing, reading about the dim prospects of being a farmer, googling how to grow everything, moving home to Vermont from London to figure out a future for the family farm...
The part about how this got to be my home at the age of two, is a tale of oceans and islands and VW buses and hippies. The part that starts when I arrived back here in 2009, is a thrilling romance punctuated with hay dust and mud boots...
and I intend to write about all of it.
Welcome to Bliss Ridge
(our 87.5 acre family farm in central Vermont)
I grow everything that I possibly have time for, we make a lot of hay and cook up a storm of (mostly original) recipes.
We have one duck named Wild Bill, one ridiculously long eared hound dog mutt called Gus and a hand-full of cows. We once had chickens and pigs but ate them all at our wedding.
You can get married here at Bliss Ridge; we did and we recommend it. Click over to the "weddings at Bliss Ridge" button on the nav bar and check it out.
Thanks so much for stopping by and please leave a comment and let me know what you think!
Cheers,
JvT