Author · Gardener · Banjo player

A house, a garden, and the quiet pleasure of attentive making.

A journal of plants, kitchens, seasonal making, and the quieter rituals that gather a home — kept from a small farm in middle Tennessee.

A child holding a pumpkin beside a stack of firewood at Frémont Farm
This week on the farm

A colorful pumpkin harvest, garlic planting, a birding weekend in Hot Springs, and the last tomatoes from the garden.

Recent entries
In the Garden · Fall

September ❤️

A growing pumpkin patch, goldfinches in the garden, seeds saved for spring, and a first look at my illustrated children’s book.

September 9, 20262 min read
In the Garden · Summer

Late Summer in the Garden

Tomatoes on the counter, watermelon in the refrigerator, armfuls of flowers, and pumpkin vines reaching toward fall.

August 13, 20262 min read
In the Garden · Houseplants

Creating Space for Plants in Your Home

East- and west-facing windows, a fresh collection of houseplants, and the slow work of learning what thrives where.

July 7, 20252 min read
In the Garden · Houseplants

Garden for the North Window

A windowless bathroom, a fluorescent shelf, and the quiet pleasure of plants where you least expect them.

May 3, 20253 min read
Seasonal Making · Wreaths

Bloomsbury Farm Winter Wreath

A Friday at the farm shop, a basket of winter goodies, and a simple wreath of dried flowers worth gathering friends for.

December 17, 20242 min read
Seasonal Making · Ornaments

Dried Floral Baubles

A grandmotherly neighbor, hot cocoa on the kitchen table, and a quiet December afternoon making nature-inspired ornaments.

December 17, 20242 min read
Sarah Frémont in the greenhouse, surrounded by potted cacti and terra-cotta

By the writer

Sarah Frémont

I write from a small 46-acre farm in middle Tennessee, where I keep a garden, raise a family, and notice the seasons one window at a time. The journal is the slow record of all of it.

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Four corners of the journal

In the Garden

Flowers, borders, houseplants, propagation, and the rooms that hold them.

Garden writing that feels practical, atmospheric, and deeply lived-in.

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From the Kitchen

Tomatoes, herbs, potatoes, pumpkins, and useful beauty in the yard.

Garden writing that treats abundance, utility, and romance as part of the same plot.

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Seasonal Making

Wreaths, tablescapes, branches, dried flowers, and the shape of the year indoors.

Projects and seasonal rituals that make the house feel tuned to the changing year.

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Plant Lore

Plant history, books, pattern, memory, and the reflective life of the garden.

Essays and stories that give the archive its library-shelf feeling.

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