After transplanting 75 dozen (that is not a typo) lettuce in the rain yesterday we are drying out a little this morning and are thinning carrots and transplanting brassicas (broccoli and cabbages). Our summer help continues to be amazing and we are excited that garlic and peas are finally here. We expect corn in the next week and a half and tomatoes are reddening in the greenhouse! Call ahead for a farm tour!

Farmers Markets

You can now find us at three local farmers markets! Come visit us!

Tamworth Farmers Market: Saturday 9-12

Sandwich Farmers Market: Saturday 9-12

Madison Farmers Market: Tuesday 3-6

Dont forget our farmstand is open 7 days dawn to dusk.

Full swing!

No rest for the weary during July.  With some sunshine and warmer temps this week the garden is responding.  With LOTS of thanks to our summer help Galen Muskat, Will Henriques, and Nancy Hagstrom as well as veteran/professional Robin Booty next years strawberries are weeded, the carrots are thinned and weeded, the corn is cultivated, wood is almost all stacked... the list of tasks completed is endless and growing!   

Come visit us at farmer's markets in Sandwich and Tamworth on Saturday from 9-12 and Tuesday afternoons in Madison from 3-6.  Or swing by the stand for daily surprises! 

Meet Alvin

Alvin was the first triplet born to Rerun one of our star moms! His two brothers Simon and Theodore easily out weigh this little fellow.  While the other lambs gorge themselves on molasses covered oats and grain, Simon prefers to keep a slim physique and eats only hay.  From birth he has had tiny little horns and a tuft of hair that make him easily identifiable and he is definitely one of our favorites!  

16 Lambs and Sugaring!

Come meet the lambs: Shimmer, Shine, Salt Shaker, Thirteen, Bullwinkle, Hugs, Kisses, Orphan Andy, Annie, Midnight, Popeye, Olive Oil, Iodine, Simon, Alvin, and Theodore.  (And there is still one ewe who might be pregnant!)  The barn is bustling with activity as the new lambs test out their new bouncing, butting, and climbing skills.  

We tapped the first trees today on the farm.  The sound of plink, plunk, plink was heard as sap slowly dripped into the buckets!  Other taps had frozen icicles hanging from the spiles and the weather is looking good for the coming weekend... 

Please come by the farm to meet the new lambs or swing by the sugar house if you see steam coming out!

Lambing Time!!!

Monday, February 11 we had our first two additions to the flock of 2009! The first lamb was born sometime between 2am and 6am and her sister was born around 830 am with a little helpful tug from Peter with Parker and Steve watching. The third lamb was born Tuesday afternoon with the whole family cheering along!  The fourth lamb was born on Friday the 13th. 

What have we been up to?

Winter is logging time.  All the wood for the next year needs to be out of the woods before sugaring season.  Snow storms quickly slow progress down in the woods as trails need to be bucketed out with the tractor, trees need to be shoveled out so that stumps are cut flush with the ground, and limbing branches with the chainsaw in thigh deep snow makes for long days.   

Inside the barn, the ewes are getting bigger and bigger and we are eagerly awaiting our first lamb of the season.  Cold temperatures make for a harsh entry into the new world and watch is kept around the clock (including each night at 130am) to check on the pregnant ewes.  We will post pictures as soon as we get our first arrival!