Summer is in full swing….. And with the recent rain, it seems the farmers and the plants & animals are breathing a little sigh of relief (and growing!). The growing season is that crazy time where there never seems to be enough hours in the day, but the lushness of our fields & forests is […]
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Summer Farm Views
July 27, 2021 – 2:29 pm
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged agritourism, farmstand, pasture, piglets, summer, turkeys
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Dreaming of Summer Fruit
April 5, 2017 – 7:11 pm
This has been a week to get further inspired about our maturing orchard. Yes, we do have a small orchard. Our farmstand offerings have been modest thus far, a few offerings of fresh apples, plums & currants, applesauce, plum sauce, black currant coulis, elderflower tea and a few other specialized items. But our (and the orchard’s) […]
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged biology, East Hill Tree Farm, fungal health, michael phillips, Mycorrhizal
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“Blessing Up the Earth”
April 22, 2015 – 7:08 pm
The melt-out happened quickly and the soundscape of the farm has changed. Rain on the roof. Killdeer reclaiming their turf. Wood frogs breeding in the pond. Birds. So many birds singing. Hearing all these sounds again at the same time as we again smell earth makes Earth Day’s timing brilliant. Speaking of brilliant and honoring […]
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged Earth Day, improvements, localvore, pruning
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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 […]
By Laura
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Posted in Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged pigs, soil
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New Beginnings
May 14, 2014 – 6:51 pm
Spring and its new beginnings are blooming at the farm. This past week has seen several new beginnings including: potatoes, tomatoes, peas and the first carrots in the ground! Glance into the near hoophouse (that just a few weeks ago housed goats and hens) to enjoy the site of tomatoes happily in the ground! […]