Working Land refers to two facets of rural landscape: the idea of working the land as a vocation and as a description of productive ground. My family tree includes immigrant ancestors who made a living from working the soil and some of their descendants who carry on this work to the present day. That personal connection to working land inspired the project.
paulette gathering wild plums
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Kubitz farm, August 31, 2015: Plum, apple, chokecherry and walnut trees, feral descendants of those planted many years ago on the farmstead, grow wild in the tree lines bordering the fields on the Kubitz farm. The most delicious plums are found on the ground under the tree, where they drop when fully ripe.