Knotweed Shoots Every spring, there is a plant most people see and immediately want gone. Japanese knotweed. It pushes up hard and fast, takes over roadsides, streambanks, fence lines, and disturbed ground, and has earned its reputation as one of the Northeast’s most relentless invasive species. It was introduced to the United States in the late 1800s for ornamental planting and erosion control. It looks like bamboo from a distance, but that is mostly visual. Botanically, it

For the past eleven years, most people have experienced Heirloom Fire through weddings, large gatherings, and immersive dinners. But there has always been another side to this work. The quiet moments before service.The fire being built in the early morning.A knife moving through onions on a wooden board.A chicken roasting slowly while stories unfold around the table. This spring we are opening that world up. For the first time, Heirloom Fire will be hosting a small series of

The first signs of spring rarely arrive in dramatic ways. There isn’t a moment where winter suddenly stops and the season changes. Instead, the shift shows up quietly. The light lingers a little longer in the evening. The air softens. The ground begins to loosen after months of frost. Long before the first leaves appear, something is already happening beneath the soil. This moment sits at the center of the equinox. Twice a year the earth reaches a point where day and night ar