Early Wednesday morning Laura and Mari joined thirty-five farmers, tourism and farm support professionals boarding a tour bus for a 2-day exploration of agritourism sites in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. The big lessons of the trip are still percolating to clarity but one thing is certain, we had fun and are grateful especially for the chance […]
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Exploring Agritourism in Quebec
November 5, 2014 – 8:21 pm
By Laura
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Tagged agritourism, farmstays, quebec, tourism
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A Line in the Sod
October 29, 2014 – 6:54 am
While Jemima Puddle Duck has been busy rearing Snø, Snell and Isobar, Ramona Quimby and Amelia Bedilia, our other two sows, have been renovating the northeast pasture. Prior to the nor’easter we expanded them through the inner perimeter fence that is usually our crop insurance from their incredible snout-plows. We told them of our intent […]
Rainy Days and Roots
October 23, 2014 – 8:05 am
Really it was rainy day prep with livestock moves — when farmers hear Nor’easter, we pay attention. Wet, cold and windy….not the best for our pastured livestock, especially tough on the goats, but we have made sure they all have good shelter, plenty of hay as a buffer and thanks to harvest and gleaning they are […]
Farmer Emeritus Proclamations
October 15, 2014 – 3:58 pm
Proclamation: Penelope Hobbs, Farmer Emeritus Green Mountain Girls Farm Whereas you came to us just after graduation with all the zeal and devotion to the furtherance of our farm and agriculture, carrying in daily life the Alpha Zeta community’s emphasis on scholarship, character, fellowship and service. And whereas you fit right in here, […]
Time Together – Farmer Lunch!
October 15, 2014 – 3:35 pm
The funneling whirl of harvest season hasn’t stopped spinning but today we hovered quietly in a circle inside all that. Hay bales for seats, the team put on exfoliating gloves and buffed the potatoes in order to grade them. The hardiest of all will be tucked in the wax boxes to the back of the […]
Rain and stew…
October 8, 2014 – 8:14 pm
Lovely rains relieved the dry pastures and orchards. Luckily our well drained soils demand our crop fields have good irrigation so the dry September didn’t set back the veggies. After so many glorious days, the drips off brim of the rain hat brought the gaze down and there on the forest floor was the vibrant […]
Farm Tours Bring Perspective
October 1, 2014 – 9:43 pm
While our farm tour participants come from a variety of places and walks of life, often the responses converge. The view appeals. The distant Worcester Range a purple silhouette, with Paine Mountain and other near ridges in the full relief of peak foliage. Clean lines of the old fashioned barn and modern high tunnels occupy […]
Fall Colors on the Farm
September 24, 2014 – 11:53 am
In nearly every season (ok perhaps not mud season), we can delight in the vibrancy of colors around the farm, but fall is special. The greens, yellows, oranges and reds of the fall foliage highlight those same colors in our fields. […]
Frost & Frenzy
September 18, 2014 – 8:08 am
That is how the past week has felt around here….frosty and frenzied and they are not unrelated. Between being the host site for some great on-farm events, including a favorite farm share member’s 60th birthday party and Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund’s retreat, we packed a slice of the farm off to the Boston Local Food […]
On the Move
September 11, 2014 – 7:26 am
Usually it is just our livestock that is on the move, from one spot to another. Well and the farmers on the move all day from field to field, task to task. But this week, a bit more of the farm will be on the move as we pack up farm fresh treats and […]