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What a year!
Sep 22, 2022
This has been a stunningly dry year. So many times I have watched those predicted storms dissipate right as they passed over our farm. Yet another year or new transplant loss — it’s a good thing we planted extra. But, today, you’d never know we had a drought. The sky
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In the news…
Oct 27, 2021
I try to talk about climate change whenever I get the chance and in any context. This for broadcast on Denver News: https://www.thedenverchannel.com Our puppy makes his national news debut!
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Biscuit
Sep 22, 2021
Biscuit Gaudreau joined the farm family in 2020 and is now the youngest member of our crew. After a bit of training, Biscuit has found his niche, including herding workers, chasing chipmunks and making sure Tim doesn’t miss a single stick left on the ground. After a hard d
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The end of Summer
Sep 21, 2021
September tends to be a bittersweet time for me — the days are finally cooling off making it easier to work outside on the farm, but the sun goes down a bit too early and the kiss of winter’s cold is not far off. Each fall I notice the intensity of insect activity. Everyth
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2021 Planting
Apr 27, 2021
It was tough to plant this year — just before we were scheduled to plant, we got a lot of rain. This year’s block was under water so we had to delay a day but fortunately we got some sun & wind for things to dry out. Who knows how many of the trees will survive given t
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Closed for 2020 Season
Oct 29, 2020
There’s no way around it, 2020 has been a crazy year for all of us. Covid-19 has impacted the way we work and prevented some of our planned projects this year. The farm sits in the regional pocket of NH’s extreme drought classification. That means we’ve had losses of our yo
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Reflecting on a year
Nov 11, 2019
Yesterday, I posted a photo on Facebook of a crate of split firewood. The sun had set & the last bit of light was quickly fading with perfect timing to the finish of my firewood chores. That crate was the last of 18 stacks of wood that I made this year: 12 crates for heating at h
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Rescuing more than 1,200 lost varieties of apples isn’t for the faint of heart. It requires meticulous organization, persistence, and research methods that range from conventional to one-of-a-kind. That’s where Tom Brown of Clemmons, North Carolina, enters the picture, according to Southern L...
Rescuing more than 1,200 lost varieties of apples isn’t for the faint of heart. It requires meticulous organization, persistence, and research methods that range from conventional to one-of-a-kind. That’s where Tom Brown of Clemmons, North Carolina, enters the picture, according to Southern L...
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