Growing to Give welcomes you to the Farmyard Jam! An evening of live music, local food, community connection and celebration on the farm! Back by popular demand, the Farmyard Jam is more than just a music festival. It's a celebration of what can happen when a community comes together around good food, local ... Click to read more.
After these last spring snows, we are well and truly on the path toward warmer days. The daffodils are shooting up, and the sounds of birdsongs fill our mornings. We started opening up our volunteer calendar the first week of April and have been delighted to see so many new and returning volunteers already! It’s ... Click to read more.
We grow a lot more than vegetables! We grow community! I was struck this week, getting ready for our Farmyard Jam, with the amount of pride that was evident all around me. I only needed to remind our crew that this was our moment in the sun, so to speak, for the 2024 growing season. ... Click to read more.
I could be referring to so many different things at the farm this time of year. I could be referring to these lovely ladies under this amazing cloud cover. Or maybe it’s this gathering of other beautiful women (and our favorite furry friend). Could it be these unusual black pussy willow ... Click to read more.
Who the heck is Jimmy Nardello and when is the paper pot bee? Jimmy Nardello is the name of a beautifully shaped, sweet red pepper whose seeds were brought over in 1887 in the hem of Angeline Nardello’s skirt. This was to avoid them being confiscated at the border. Angeline and her husband Giuseppe were ... Click to read more.
February seems to be the time of year when everyone begins asking me these questions: 1) So, this is your slow time, right? 2) Not much going on at the farm right now, is there? Excuse me, not really! This is the season for filling out our organic certification forms for MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers ... Click to read more.
Today, Carrie and I had six volunteers come to the farm to help us get started on the cleanup, salvage and organization of our mangled tunnels. Our farm neighbor Craig rode over on his bike to help. When Craig left he was excited to be able to add a new word to his vocabulary, wiggle ... Click to read more.
You know when you see that notice that used to come up on the TV and now comes up on one of our “devices”, it can be good or bad. Well, this farm report happens to be in the “bad, but could have been worse” category. For those of us who live in Maine/New England, ... Click to read more.
No, not that white stuff, this white stuff. The milkweed pods were bursting open Friday sending their airborne seeds all over the farm. It looked a little bit like that other white piece of nature, but the 60 degree temperatures would not allow even the thought of a snowflake. One of the requirements of being ... Click to read more.
If a picture is worth a thousand words. I think Carrie’s beautiful Monday morning shot of this sunflower says it all. Poor Genevieve! She told me she could not feel her fingertips on Monday. The team still sent out almost 200 pounds of 14 different varieties of vegetables and herbs. Thanks, everyone, ... Click to read more.
