One of our favorite books is Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. If you visit our Farm Store, you will see illustrations from this book hanging on the wall. This precious story of a farm family, set in early-nineteenth century New England, takes on special meaning for us because it is [...]
The 2015 growing season blessed us with quite a few beautiful and tasty winter squashes to put away. Now we are all the way into mid-February and are still eating our way through the squashes. I am so pleased with them, I thought I’d tell a little about each variety.Last spring, we spread some composted [...]
Here are reasons why I love local fruit: It's delicious! It just makes sense that fresh-picked, sun ripened fruit is going to taste better than fruit that was picked early, packed and shipped thousands of miles. Local farms can also grow more delicate, but flavorful, varieties that may not be able to withstand shipping. It's healthy. We [...]
