While our snowfalls haven’t been worthy of news, the farm is a winter wonderland. The deep snowpack has a lovely layer of powder on top. Persistent cold temps have made extra hay and straw bedding necessary. (Working digestive tracks are the ruminants’ internal furnaces). Who remembers the scene in the Laura Ingalls Wilder book (not […]
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Above and Beyond
January 28, 2015 – 8:40 pm
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged appreciataion, livestock
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Learning as We Go
January 7, 2015 – 10:47 am
Happy New Year! We appreciate the rituals of reflection and goal setting that often accompany the calendar reset and resolve to keep using this weekly format of stories from the farm to keep you, our farm community, connected with this place, this wild experiment in mundane acts of growing food that is good for you […]
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged cooking classes, Floating Bridge, learning, thanks
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When Millimeters Matter
December 17, 2014 – 8:33 am
What thrilling and tough weeks! We sent an abbreviated newsletter last week as we were without power, running what we could on the barn’s generator. We figured many of you were also out of power – some for more than a week. Yikes. We were relieved to get power back in time to host the […]
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged timber frame, winter
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