Thursday… volunteers bolstered our reserve and helped us gain more road frontage back from chervil and more progress was made on Saturday. Thanks Liz, Martha and Molly! More folks are coming this Thursday, do join if you can (for any sliver or chunk of time from 3:30-6:30. Spring abundance brought a bright array of greens […]
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Bless our Pico Forever
May 21, 2014 – 5:02 pm
When Laura, Mari and her brothers helped their Dad, Erling (who celebrates his 97th birthday today!) resolve all the items from the family home Connie and Erling had built 50 years earlier, one item everyone treasured was a small pressed edelweiss flower in a simple frame. The flower its namesake song touched the hearts of […]
Williams College Reflections
January 28, 2014 – 3:33 pm
Some of the Projects and Quotes from the Winter Study course with students from Williams College Mike Vercillo is a member of William’s acapala group Eph Flats and wrote a song inspired by time at Mountain Deer Taxidermy. Listen here to: We’ll Always Have the Land Siobhan Harrity wrote four poems inspired by […]
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Poetry from the Farm
July 23, 2013 – 3:31 pm
Last week we had an anonymous in-house haiku contest. There were some thoughtful and pastoral submissions as well as some humorous ones. In the end, because we are such team players here, everyone who submitted (and who tolerated or participated in our lunchtime dramatic readings) was rewarded handsomely. The following is a selection of the […]
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Characters From Kids Books
March 13, 2013 – 8:44 am
Thanks to all of the robust discussion about naming themes — what amazing ideas. So many Vermont themes and nature based themes (birds, trees, etc) that we will have consider them for future years — and some fun ones too…We LOVED reading the ideas and found it REALLY tough to make a choice. But one […]
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Great Moments of 2011
January 4, 2012 – 3:00 pm
As we look forward to 2012, the photo collage below depicts some of the great and memorable moments of the past year. Thanks to all of you for being a part of our year on the farm. We look forward to many moments of joy, learning, hard work, exploration and wonderful eating in 2012. […]
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Life, Death, and Roosters
August 13, 2009 – 8:34 pm
I caught my first rooster this morning as Mari, Laura, and I rounded up 25 of our birds that were on their way to slaughter. It sounds so awful, I know- slaughter. It brings up this gruesome image of a fearful and messy death, an image that does not match with the love and care […]
Hens on Walk About
March 21, 2009 – 8:23 am
Clearly, spring has arrived here in Central Vermont. Signs are everywhere: the sun has warmth and strength, snow is melting, the sap is running, new birds at our feeder, the brook is rushing, Geese heading north, muddy roads and our chickens are venturing out from the hoop house. Spring, at least early spring in our […]
You Girls Need a Tractor
February 13, 2009 – 7:33 pm
When we started this adventure, we both had the purest of intents. Figure out what our property was suited for, instead of forcing an idea on it; Grow & raise healthy, sustainable food; Establish balance in our lives between work & play; and do it all without a tractor or other big equipment. So far…we […]