Back in January a malfunction in our farmstand freezer dimmed our mood and subsequently made shopping in the farmstand a bit like a treasure hunt! Upgrading it had been on the to do list but we were flat-footed or on our heels in terms of readiness to address the domino effect of researching, rewiring, and […]
Stories from the Farm
Bright New Provisioning Possibilities
April 4, 2018 – 3:20 pm
By Laura
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Tagged community, farmstand, localvore, shop local
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Introducing the Piglets
March 29, 2018 – 2:05 pm
We are a bit behind on naming and introducing the first batch of piglets that were born at the farm on March 1st. Fortunately, a young visiting writer & photographer prepared some profiles of each of Grizabella’s six piglets, her first litter. The naming scheme this year is Ski Areas, for this first litter the […]
By Laura
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Tagged agritouris, names, pasture-raised pigs, piglets, pigs
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Stirring the Pot
March 22, 2018 – 2:10 pm
Last week Ric Cengeri’s Vermont Edition interview with Lisa Kaiman at Jersey Girls Dairy made us stop multi tasking. Ric’s simple probes and Lisa’s articulate answers made for a stealth piece and a beautiful window into the reality for small farms. We need your honest and vulnerable stories. Jane, Ric, Vermont Edition and Local Banquet […]
Our Farm in Film: The whys and hows
February 21, 2018 – 7:34 pm
Green Mountain Girls Farm: Short Documentary from Pete & TJ Productions on Vimeo. This short film about the farm is certainly our favorite (and most useful) student project. Peter VanderWilden, a UVM student focused on both documentary film as well as environmental studies approached us last fall about a collaboration that would result in a […]
By Laura
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Tagged agritourism, documentary, film, soil health, tourism
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Ode to the Beet
January 31, 2018 – 11:58 am
We often sing praises of our beets and certainly believe they are deserving of their own ode. Which is saying a lot as beets are the only vegetable I (Laura) had a negative run-in with as a child. Long story, but suffice to say went to bed with them in my mouth and I didn’t […]
Who’s Living in our Barn?
January 18, 2018 – 2:27 pm
Our dry lumber resides in a corner edge of our South barn, resources for future projects. Plenty of open space is left for this winter’s mixed group of gilts (future sows) and “market” pigs. But this particular sounder of swine or passel of hogs appears to have neighbors who have channeled some good-sized tunnels […]
Bubblicious
January 8, 2018 – 9:41 pm
Nope, not the gum. But our hoophouses are once again quite bubblicious, meaning that enough snow, ice and grapple have been freed from the outer plastic to allow the air to flow once again between the 2 layers of plastic and create a protective bubble of air that helps snow slide and not build up. […]
Resolutions
January 4, 2018 – 7:44 pm
Happy New Year! While you are hiding out from the Nor’easter and artic chill heading back to the Northeast we offer you two interesting points to ponder and perhaps to fuel your 2018 resolutions. Agritourism Consider a farmstay this year, with us or at another farm. Check out this nice article and video from the […]
On Miracles and Resolutions
December 21, 2017 – 10:36 am
Many global traditions celebrate the sun and light in this season of darkness. Among the many miracles you may choose to celebrate in these weeks, choose also to be in awe over the miracle of fresh local winter greens! Today’s glorious and rare bluebird December sky […]
By Laura
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Tagged bone broth, holiday, hoophouse, miracle, resolutions, solstice, sun, winter greens
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Clean Food
December 6, 2017 – 8:32 pm
We returned home from the BioNutrient Food Association’s Soil and Nutrition Conference spinning with ideas and very optimistic. As if to egg us on, Laura clicked on a NYT op ed by Jacques Leslie entitled Soil Power! The Dirty Way to a Clean Planet. Quoting Dr. Rattan Lal, it read “Putting carbon back in the […]
By Laura
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Tagged bionutrient, clean food, goodbyes, organic, pigs, sows
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