What does it take to transform an overgrown plot into productive land? In this free virtual event on Wednesday, February 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. EST from the Adirondack Land Trust, Dr. Brett McLeod shares his endeavors to create a 25-acre woodland homestead in the rugged Adirondack Mountains. McLeod will share how a plan scratched into the mud became a small, diversified farm, using ecologically sound techniques to produce vegetables, lumber, fruit, and syrup along the way.
Brett McLeod is a Professor of Forestry at Paul Smith's College and the author of The Woodland Homestead: How to Make Your Land More Productive and Live More Self-Sufficiently in the Woods, available for purchase from Paul Smith's Mercantile. He lives with his family in Vermontville, N.Y., and likes to relax by reading a good book or chopping wood—sure signs of a dynamic storyteller ready to entertain and inform with the highs and lows of his homesteading endeavors.
For more information on this event, please contact Philanthropy & Outreach Coordinator Kathy Woughter at or (518) 278-0916.