Spirit Brook Farm in Limington, Maine

Jenna Cote’s farm is not merely the product of labor—it is an unfolding, a story written in the language of soil and plant. What she wanted was something quieter, more intimate: herbs that healed, soil that responded, land that felt alive. Spirit Brook Farm, on a stretch of old ground in Limington, Maine, emerged slowly from that desire. The property—fourteen acres of mixed pasture and forest—still holds the marks of its long history: stone walls, three covered wells, and the faint outlines of tote roads used generations ago. Long before colonial settlement in the late 1700s, it was home to the Newichewannock people. That story matters and shapes the way she grows.

The farm is rooted in method as much as instinct. Jenna cultivates herbs—mint, tulsi, calendula, nettle, elderberry, and more—using organic, biodynamic, and no-till practices. Her philosophy is both pragmatic and principled. Feed the soil, listen to the plants, avoid plastic, respect what grows naturally. Some herbs thrive; others resist. She adapts. Farming, for her, is a conversation—one built not on mastery, but on mutual understanding. She is drawn to the quiet logic of permaculture, the kind that favors rhythm over efficiency.

Jenna lives on the farm with her husband, Eric, a carpenter who helps translate vision into form, and their two young daughters, Ellie and Addie—curious, muddy-booted companions known to be occasional helpers, occasional wanderers. Spirit Brook Farm is still taking shape, and together their family is growing a future where herbs are not only cultivated, but understood. Where the land’s past is honored, and its future is thoughtfully imagined.