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Winter/Spring 2022 Update

Whew….there have been lots of ups and downs, comings and goings at the farm already in 2022. Some anticipated, others not.  Here is a quick run-down for those interested and it’ll explain a bit about why we have been out of touch & didn’t hit our original goal of re-opening the Farmstand in May.   January […]

Changes Afoot…

As all who have been shopping at the farm this harvest season already know from our GrazeCart updates, after 12 years of year-round shopping (and a decade of the farmstand being open every day of the year, then these months of COVID pivots to an online farmstand), we are going to close for the winter. […]

Wintering

“Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again.” ― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times In our first 9 years we only missed a handful of weekly updates. […]

Origin of “Don’t Eat Like a Pig”

Perhaps with folks spending more time at home, eating even more meals together, the phrase, “Don’t Eat Like a Pig” has been repeated more often. There are many disparaging sayings that reference pigs, some I believe are unwarranted. And for years of raising pigs, I even thought this one was a bit overstated. Then came […]

Reflections on 10 years

Ten years ago a massive hail storm arrived just after we had completed the harvest for the first week of our CSA share pick up. Prospects for week two of our year-round, full diet, free choice farmshare were in peril. But neighbors helped us rake inches of hail accumulation away from tender plants and Chip […]

All in a Week

May is busy. May is diverse. But we don’t always have 2.5 inches of snow and 80 degrees within the same week. Mother nature is humbling, always. Safe to say, it keeps us on our toes. Here are some snippets from the past week of farm life. From snow to pasture; winter bedded pack to […]

SnowVember

Ok…we haven’t taken accurate measurements, but we do obsess about the weather.  Rough count was 23″ fallen since November 9th BEFORE this week’s storm….which had almost 8 (measured) inches Tuesday morning, plus all the rest that came.  Wow, we used to describe ourselves as snow-starved before we moved back to Vermont.  Check, solved that yearning! […]

Always Busy…

Or you could call it Mid-November chaos. First, breeding season for the pigs arrived. After a long summer vacation of grazing, fence edge clearing and lounging, the boys, Balto & Rin Tin Tin, were put back to work.  Fortunately, all the moving of pigs around the property happened before the snow came, though they don’t […]

Peas, Louise and her vole relatives

Six years ago, before we had given up growing snap peas for sale, vole activity (read eating of pea seeds) triggered the creation of one of our favorite farm Limericks by Liva Coe.  There once was a vole named Louise Who had quite a penchant for peas I planted them thrice Louise said, “How nice!” […]

Embracing Winter

                              We generally do embrace Winter around here.  It is a part of Vermont we love dearly –Winter and all that it brings, especially when it brings snow.  For me, there is something so calming, so cheery, so comforting about the […]