The melt-out happened quickly and the soundscape of the farm has changed. Rain on the roof. Killdeer reclaiming their turf. Wood frogs breeding in the pond. Birds. So many birds singing. Hearing all these sounds again at the same time as we again smell earth makes Earth Day’s timing brilliant. Speaking of brilliant and honoring […]
Stories from the Farm
Sun Stock! Farmhouse Bone Broth with a Flare
April 15, 2015 – 5:10 pm
We know it is a great responsibility to do things right when farming at the top of the watershed. Our snow pack is making its way with the first April showers into our mountain streams. Eventually it will join the Dog River, then the Winooski, and into Lake Champlain, the Richelieu River and the Gulf […]
By Laura
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Tagged agritourism, bone broth, bones, broth, stock, tours
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Embracing THIS Vermont Spring?
April 8, 2015 – 7:26 pm
As farmers we have somehow learned to work with and around the weather. We obsess over the weather, truly, and sometimes wish, hope and even plead for certain circumstances, though we know it is one of the many things over which we have no control. This winter has tried the patience and systems of many, […]
Spring and Agritourism coming to the Farm
April 1, 2015 – 10:12 am
While fellow farmers and folks from Rural Vermont testified at the State House regarding modifications to the Raw Milk bill, we completed mandated heard health tests for TB and brucellosis. The goat kids are thriving, learning to eat hay and browse and tanking up on milk, as evidenced by aggressive growth rates and adorable milk […]
By Laura
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Tagged farm experiences, latte, media, milking
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Uncle!
March 25, 2015 – 9:54 pm
The sun is getting so much stronger and days longer… but darn some of the days and lots of the nights have been severely cold! We’ve got some wonderfully bouncy and big goat kids but their early hours have required much more of us than usual. Lots of hypothermia bucket baths and blow dries and […]
Music to our Ears
March 19, 2015 – 8:14 am
If the earnest team working on Vermont’s Farm to Plate were shooting a video add for buying local veggies they couldn’t have gotten away with it. If our grandmothers overheard us, they would be pleased as punch. Even as I sit here I’m thinking – did that really happen? Did two teenage boy neighbors ask […]
Comings and Goings at the Farm
March 11, 2015 – 9:38 pm
This week has been busy! Lots of hellos and a few goodbyes. In the midst of kidding, we had a quick sendoff for Andrew, who wrapped up two years of working with us, tending the vegetable crops. Andrew has some of the fastest hands in the East when it comes to onion harvests and is […]
March (kidding) Madness
March 3, 2015 – 3:30 pm
Welcome to March and all of its madness. This year for some it may be the madness that can come at the not-quite-end of a long, cold, snowy winter. For others it is all about basketball. For us, and others like Fat Toad Farm, it is all about kidding or lambing madness. For colleagues…sugaring! Ours […]
What is in a Name?
February 25, 2015 – 1:03 pm
Names tell us apart, something about our past and where we come from. The power of a name has long been immortalized in literature as well as religion. While the names on our farm might not have such deep context, they do allow us to know when an animal was born, track ancestry and help […]
February… Catching up?
February 19, 2015 – 10:31 am
Ah February…. It is that month where we still feel like we have time for planning, reflection, reading, catching up and rest, but yet there is a bit of tension to get that planning done as March and its kidding and seed starting season are just around the corner. At the farm we have […]