Announcing our 2015 Taproot Calendar
Greetings Reader!I don’t know about you, but for me it sure feels like 2014 has gone by wicked fast. I know there’s still better than two months to go, but if your household is anything like mine, the...
View ArticleISSUE 12::BREAD
Greetings Reader! Do you, like me, feel an anticipation of the coming season? I don’t mean just because we’re already hearing holiday music in the stores (and have been since Halloween!?), but...
View Articlein thanks
Whether you are preparing to celebrate the US Thanksgiving holiday or not, we wanted to take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ – for your support as subscribers, readers, and encouragers of the work...
View Articleerrata :: BREAD
Readers, we have a big oops to report and a sincere apology to issue today! On page 48 of our latest issue, BREAD, we posted an incorrect image demonstrating knife carving. The first image on that...
View Article{From The Pages of Taproot} Blooming Beds: A Cutting Garden Primer by Stacy...
What holds us to our gardens is the constant gift of slow change and evolution throughout a season: a surprise, a gift, a little joy. A flower-cutting garden will keep growers supplied with gifts of...
View Article{From the Pages of Taproot} One-hundred-fifty-nine Spoonfuls of One Soil by...
Click to view slideshow. “Uva Turnbull (1895 -1970)… started her hobby of collecting soil samples on a trip she took through Missouri and down to Texas. Eventually, she had over 100 scoops of dirt...
View ArticleAnnouncing our 2016 Taproot Issue Themes
Happy summer, Another year has flown by, possibly quicker than its predecessors if that’s possible. Although we are still working with this year’s issues of SONG, WILD, FOLK, and SHELTER, we are...
View ArticleA West Coast Visit
Taproot, born and raised here on the East Coast is headed to the West Coast! I am so excited for the adventure ahead – coming up in just a few days – as I look forward to meeting some of our...
View ArticleTaproot Goes West : The Mother Earth News Fair
Click to view slideshow. We had a wonderful time on the West Coast, starting with our first time attending the Mother Earth News Fair in Albany, Oregon. Thanks to all of you who found us to say hello,...
View ArticleTaproot Goes West : Craft Night at Ragfinery
Click to view slideshow. After our visit to the Mother Earth News Fair, we went north to Bellingham, Washington. There, Phoebe Wahl and I were happy to host a Craft Night at the Ragfinery. Ragfinery is...
View ArticleTaproot at the Newport Folk Festival
Click to view slideshow. We had the great pleasure of attending the Newport Folk Festival this past weekend as an exhibitor in their new Maker’s Market. The three-day festival held true to all the...
View ArticleFOLK :: Sneak Peek
Just a few sneak peeks of what you’ll find inside FOLK. We’re all working round-the-clock to get this fabulous issue out the door, to the printer, and then to your mailbox! Soon! ~amanda
View ArticleIn The Shop : New Tees!
Our popular tees – Feminism is Freedom and Support Local Farmers (with art by Phoebe Wahl) – are back in stock for adults, and in new colors! Take a peek over at our Shop to snag your own. ~amanda
View ArticleTaproot Magazine & Phoebe Wahl at Longfellow Books, Portland ME
We’re happy to be hosting Phoebe Wahl as she joins us on the East Coast in celebration of the release of her first children’s book, Sonya’s Chickens. Come on by to Longfellow Books, in Portland, Maine...
View ArticleFOLK :: Now Shipping!
If you haven’t heard, our latest issue, FOLK is now shipping! If you’re a subscriber, look for your copy in your mailbox soon, along with a special subscriber bonus. (If you’re subscription has...
View Articlefrom the pages :: FOLK
Digging in My Heels “As my relationship with these amazing plants deepens, I realize that they are imbued with the energies of the places where they grow. When we use them as medicine we are connecting...
View ArticleTo The Fair!
Our bags are packed and we’re ready to go to the fair! We’ll be at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine this weekend, in our usual spot (the media area). Be sure to stop by to say hello,...
View ArticleTaproot at the Fair
Click to view slideshow. Spreading the Taproot love at the Common Ground Fair! A wonderful time was had by all and we’re pleased to have many new subscribers on board. It was a weekend filled with...
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