“It is through this work of being outdoors, working in the soil, and sharing the experiences, knowledge, and actual fruits of my labor with friends and family that I believe I healed,” Ferraro-Fanning tells Modern Farmer in an email. She and her husband turned their .67-acre property into an urban organic mini-farm they named Axe and Root Homestead and converted the majority of their landscaping from ornamental plants to edible ones. They now grow more than 70 varieti
