Sometimes the farmers just get a little silly. This piece of fine work was inspired by an extraordinary daikon radish and the birthday of one of our Farm Share members. It just so happens that the Birthday girl has a certain fondness for our odd shaped vegetables. So combine those two things with some long […]
Stories from the Farm
Sally the Salamander
September 28, 2010 – 10:17 pm
A new Green Mountain Girl showed up on the farm this week — Sally the Spotted Salamander. She was spotted near the turkeys looking a little sad, dry and lost. With a bit of TLC from Anna & Mari, Sally started looking better. The spots are really amazing. Some quick research about spotted salamanders indicates […]
Summer Tomatoes
August 20, 2010 – 10:30 am
Fresh from the field Is there anything better than a fresh, delicious August tomato? Well, perhaps that tomato sliced with some basil, salt and olive oil. Oh, summer eating is at its best right now with luscious vegetables of all types. I try, but do not always succeed, to savor them, taking a moment to […]
45 pounds of Chard
August 11, 2010 – 5:53 am
Megan and lots of chard! The food processing has begun in earnest! Megan and Donna persevered despite Liva’s repeated deliveries of larger and larger baskets of chard to process. 45..or more pounds later, the winter food security is well on its way. 45 pounds of chard have been harvested, washed, chopped, blanched, dried, packaged and […]
Frogs & toads on the farm
May 3, 2010 – 9:54 pm
The chorus of frogs is distractingly loud! The sound on this video captures it quite well. It also documents how punchy we are… can that be tied to the frogs and their Spring fever? Speaking of which, check out the copious eggs that result from all this vocalizing and flirting! Prior to last week’s snows […]
Kids have arrived
April 3, 2010 – 6:31 am
We have been waiting (somewhat patiently) for our goats to start kidding. Finally they have. Molly was the first and she had twin doelings (girls). It was smooth as could be. Lily, our guest, was the first to spot Molly in labor. Two little hooves confirmed Lily’s observation. The dark brown doeling emerged looking strong. […]
2010: A Space Odyssey
April 1, 2010 – 6:19 am
No, we are not reviewing movies now. Instead we are announcing our 2010 naming theme. Space. Anything Space related, nominations are already coming in, so feel free to submit some. A few of the early suggestions include: Comet Polaris Hubble Ursa Orion Twinkly “A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to […]
March can mean delicious local eating
March 25, 2010 – 8:54 am
March is often considered the lean month for local eating, especially in northern spots like Vermont. The storage vegetables may be dwindling and while the days are longer, spring isn’t really here yet. We sat down to dinner the other night, looked at our plates full of food from our farm, and thought, we eat […]
Animal Love
February 15, 2010 – 12:54 pm
The week leading up to Valentine’s day was an eventful one. On Wednesday we orchestrated the great pig move: Doodle said goodbye to her piglets and took a ride in the trailer up to the barn, where she traded spaces with Tic and Toe. The juggling act of moving Tic and Toe into their holding […]
Bill McKibben’s Answer
February 11, 2010 – 7:46 am
On Wednesday night the Green Mountain Girls joined community members and students in Norwich University’s Dole Auditorium to welcome Bill McKibben as the first speaker in this year’s Todd Lecture Series. McKibben’s talk, “Large and Small: Human Scale and Human Power in a Fast-Changing World,” began with an examination of genetic engineering on the human […]