We ended last week with a celebration of love: of people, food and farm. So beautifully demonstrated by Donna’s shortbread (delicious) works of art. Then, during the latest snowstorm, Uno gave new meaning to “Winter Coat”. It does remind us of the amazing resiliency of nature. His hair, nearly like the sheep his ancestors were […]
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Winter Art Forms
February 20, 2020 – 10:16 am
By Laura
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What it takes…
September 28, 2017 – 8:39 am
The side of organic, sustainably raised farming you don’t always see. Darienne harvesting broccoli under our protect-net — keeping out those cabbage moths without spraying! Thanks to our team for going all out from vegetable care to on-site turkey processing.
By Laura
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Farming at all Ages
August 3, 2017 – 9:28 am
This week we took on farm tasks with teams of nearly all ages or at least from 4 to 75! Berry picking with the nimble fingers of youngsters (true more berries were immediately consumed than saved, but the speed was impressive), harvesting garlic with our aunt who has her own tiny ag venture in Connecticut, […]
Peas, Louise and her vole relatives
May 3, 2017 – 2:09 pm
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!” […]
Experiencing the Artisanal En Vacances
June 30, 2016 – 9:20 am
The 2016 growing season plan included factoring in our niece Chloe’s graduation from high school in Paris. Her peers selected her as class speaker and her inspired remarks are now embedded in the rich mosaic of old world impressions we carry home. We sought an inspirational plug-in and we return electrified by a wonderful mix […]
August=Busy!
August 28, 2014 – 6:52 am
Harvesting Picking Digging Washing Prepping Canning Drying Blanching Freezing Weeding Seeding More Weeding Picking Pests Feeding Watering Milking Closing in Poultry Opening up Poultry Picking Fence Setting Fence Moving Animals Touring Cleaning Documenting Eating…alot and Sleeping, hard! That is what our August farmers days are like….. It creates tired farmers and LOTS of great […]