Growing Fresh Greens at Home.
We started with a flock of sheep and an open field in Central Vermont. In 2012, the summer we bought the land that would become Good Heart Farmstead, my cousin came to visit, looked at the nine open acres and asked, “Who’s going to mow all this?”
I don’t just work, I charge forward.
For the people who follow its path, the trade industry offers many rewards. Among them are a living wage, an honest day’s work and an opportunity to use your hands and mind to create something great. When Isis Harris entered a pre-apprenticeship program to become an electrician, she was looking for something big—a second chance in life.
When many tradeswomen step on a jobsite, they’re outnumbered by men. Raven Connolly’s experience is unique.
“I always imagined if I was going to get into the trades I would be surrounded mostly by men, and that never bothered me,” she says. “But it’s been a very surprising and pleasant experience to be surrounded by so many other women.”
Every great decision comes down to timing. The time was right for Emma to join the family business. She left nursing school and embarked on a 4-year non-union plumbing apprenticeship, with her dad as her mentor.
“They have night school, so I get to work a full 8-hour day beforehand. I can pay my bills and go to school and not have to worry about giving 100% to one or the other.”
Born and raised in Montana, Jess Neeley is a second generation metalworker with a knack for turning old and forgotten things into new and beautiful masterpieces.
Her home is warm and wraps you in a blanket of pine from the wood stove. An open floor plan is illuminated by large windows, every space holding a purpose.
Uniquely different yet connected, find out about the other Portland.
At a dinner party in 1845, an argument arose between two men, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy. Co-founders of a new settlement on the west bank of the Oregon Country’s Willamette River known as “The Clearing,” each man wanted to name the settlement after his respective hometown. Pettygrove was from Boston, Massachusetts, and Lovejoy from Portland, Maine. They settled their disagreement with a coin toss, which Lovejoy won, and named the new town Portland, Oregon.
In the heart of the San Juan Mountains, down lonely backroads and through rough terrain, our friends at META explore the ghost town of Anima Forks.
Deep in the heart of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, we ventured to a place where spirits hover in the ether, and the relentless passage of time becomes apparent in the death, decay and life all around us. Colorado is estimated to have had more than 1,500 ghost towns, of which only 640 currently remain.
Tag along with Ryan Field as he puts our Arctic 600 boots to the test in Swizterland.
Full of endless valleys, bitter temperatures, icy trails and snow covered peaks, Switzerland is the perfect testing ground for our waterproof and insulated weatherized collection.
Meet Britt Howard, founder of Portland Garment Factory.
What defines the modern factory? Is it technology and equipment? The ability to produce a quality product with a short turnaround?
Meet Spencer Staley, founder of Portland-based furniture workshop and design studio.
Danish inspiration, Portland quality. Spencer Staley has no formal training in designing or building furniture. He figured it out with a distinctly Portland-style passion.
Explore Maple Grove Hot Springs, an off-grid retreat center on the Bear River of southern Idaho, with this fall’s Creative WYLD - a unique field trip organized by our friends at WYLDER and focused on creativity and entrepreneurship.
For over a year, we planned, schemed, and curated an incredible lineup of speakers, chefs, artists, and entrepreneurs to take part in our 2nd annual Wylder Field Trip. For 3 days and 4 nights, we gathered to learn about creativity and entrepreneurship in a riverfront setting at a hot spring retreat center in southern Idaho.
Catch a glimpse inside the life and down time of Canadian native hunting guide, Rye Johnson.
The life of a guide is often the ultimate definition of turning passion into a career. Years, often decades, are spent honing the craft of a would-be guide before he or she takes paying clientele into the crags and rivers most people dare not venture alone.
We get into Aaron’s head to learn more about his design process.
If you know anything about the design world, you’ve heard the name Aaron Draplin. And if you’re lucky enough to live in Portland, you’ve probably encountered one of his pop-ups at the Night Market or around town. Known for his bold aesthetic and personality to match, Aaron lives here in Portland and we were lucky enough to have him on board to design some accessories for our latest Danner x Timbers release.
Relying on little more than intuition and a rough sketch, our friend Trevor Gordon went to work restoring an abandoned 20' fishing vessel.
In May of 2018, I walked through a field of mustard seed up to my chest, close to my home in the Santa Barbara, CA harbor. In the middle of the field sat a 20’ broken up old fishing vessel, hardly visible below the weeds.
Take a tour of Jim Phillip’s curation of over 1,600 sheds in Southwest Montana.
Near the headwaters of the Missouri River in Southwest Montana is a history museum like you’ve never seen. You won’t find a miner’s headlamp, old models, or the first microwave. There’s no admission fee, no wristbands, or entry stamp. This museum – built by miles logged and sweat spilled – holds the history of the Headwaters written in bone, and Jim ‘Antlerman’ Phillips is its one-man curation team.
We head to the Neff Solar Site in Bend, Oregon to put our Stronghold work boots to the test.
It’s October in Bend, Oregon: Portland’s sun-soaked cousin three hours to the southeast. Temperatures are temperamental this time of year. Bend is high desert country, which means that the clear, autumn days often begin below freezing and blister into the 80s by midday.
Follow along as our friends from META take a break from the daily grind to cross Wyoming by motorcycle.
Countless unread corporate emails, an obsessive boss, my loving family, and the Denver skyline — all slowly disappeared in my rearview. Ahead of me, six riders from different walks of life, all with a common focus; the Wyoming National Parks; and the miles ahead of us on a collection of Triumphs.
Join Jainee Dial and Lindsey Elliott for the first Wylder Field Trip - an intimate group retreat to Homer, Alaska with a key focus on cultural ecology.
This September, we sent some of our boots to our friends at Wylder as they journeyed into the wild landscape of Homer, Alaska. From glacial hiking to chartered salmon fishing, this field trip brought the group a greater appreciation and understanding of the Alaskan eco-system.
Our friends at Seacat Creative caught up with Chester Floyd of RER Bows to learn more about the state of traditional archery.
Born in Eden, Wisconsin, a sleepy town of 875 people on the fringe of Lake Michigan in the heart of America’s Dairyland, Chester Floyd is the owner of Stone Point Trading Company and bowyer at RER Bows. At 26 years old, he’s rising as one of the top traditional bow builders in the world.
Photographer and fly-fishing guide, Naoto Aoki, finally gets the opportunity to hunt in the peak of the elk season.
As the fog lifted, I made my way into elk country. Within minutes of leaving my truck, a bull was screaming only a few hundred yards away. I called to him and closed the distance as quickly as I could. Suddenly, through the trees, I could see antlers and he was coming in fast!
