Holy Moly….it seems one is waiting for the pasture grasses to be ready for livestock and then before you know it, hay is being cut, the grass is above your waist and it is full on SUMMER! We’ve had some VERY busy weeks, so busy, our next visit to the Northfield Farmers Market is already […]
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Growing Season Comes on FAST!
June 9, 2024 – 4:06 pm
By Laura
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Welcome Dosa!
November 15, 2020 – 5:58 pm
As we approach Thanksgiving, we offer gratitude far and wide to all who enable this small farm to keep producing. This year, as we look towards the traditional Thanksgiving centerpiece of a Turkey, we welcome to the farm their new protector. Two years ago, when we hosted members of the Tri-State area’s R.A.T.S group, they […]
Dignity of Working the Land
July 2, 2019 – 9:07 pm
Meet François our Rhode Island Red guardian rooster! This week he assumed his new position looking after 250 Freedom Rangers (aka FR:France) in response to Raven’s predation on our Blue Plymouth Rock pullet chicks. He seems to like his new role, certainly gives him (an “extra” that was hatched on the farm last summer) purpose. […]
By Laura
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Thank You R.A.T.S.
November 1, 2018 – 8:24 pm
“R.A.T.S. is in!! Let’s roll.” Laura finished reading the email from her phone at farmer lunch. It’s opening line “The human and canine members of R.A.T.S. hereby accept your wonderful invitation to visit Vermont” along with the subsequent promise to bring “dogs, our patented rat smoker, and a truck load of enthusiasm” had prompted gut-felt […]
By Laura
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Also tagged friends, predators, rats
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Busy Fall Days
October 2, 2018 – 12:14 pm
Ah, it is good to welcome October, even with some chilly rain. As much as I LOVE September weather, the September workload always exceeds available hours and leaves this set of farmers weary, behind, and questioning why we do this. And this rain is SO needed, by the land and it gives our team that […]
By Laura
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Also tagged fall, harvest, photos
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Green Mountain Girls = Food Revolution
May 2, 2018 – 2:49 pm
It is the inspiration of our name, certainly. The new commercial and video (also above) about the farm from Guy’s Farm & Yard (produced by Mt. Mansfield Media) explains our name quite nicely and we love that. We know it is sometimes confusing. Does our name refer to the owners, the leaders in the pasture […]
By Laura
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Bubblicious
January 8, 2018 – 9:41 pm
Nope, not the gum. But our hoophouses are once again quite bubblicious, meaning that enough snow, ice and grapple have been freed from the outer plastic to allow the air to flow once again between the 2 layers of plastic and create a protective bubble of air that helps snow slide and not build up. […]
Coming Together
November 17, 2016 – 7:38 am
As if operating on an off-kilt calendar there they came… over the river and through the woods! Cousin Kelsey reached out and next thing you knew more relatives from near and far wanted to gather and there we were twelve members of our extended family grateful for each other and our meal. It is a […]
By Laura
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Getting Turkeys to Boston…or not
September 12, 2016 – 2:25 pm
Abundant harvests of this warm early fall are bringing glorious orange, reds, yellows and greens to the farmstand, foreshadowing Vermont’s famous foliage! Remembering that vibrancy and intensity of color, like taste, are indicators of nutrient density, we are thrilled not only to offer these delicacies to our community but also to have such spectacular indicators […]
By Laura
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Coyotes, Cancellations, Culvert + Compressor = the Terrible Cs!
August 18, 2016 – 2:43 pm
Listen to the spectacularly haunting chorus for yourself! I sat straight up in bed, alerted Laura (who has “activator” on her top 5 list of strengths). She and Uno were out the door in seconds. Validating our sense that the coyote were VERY close, the calls ended abruptly with the lights switching on and click […]
By Laura
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