It was an email in late March that set the stage for an all-out master cleanse of the barn. Two brits, Matt and Will came all the the way from the England to become our first major volunteers on the farm. Last year, we had posted our farm as a host site on WorkAway and that’s how […]
Food from the Farm in Plattsburgh, NY kicked off our first event as a new farm business. Lots of free focaccia and a bit of self-promotion. While our wood-fired bread oven is not yet built, we were able to bake some delicious loaves using a professional Hobart convection oven at the Hub on the Hill […]
Coming this Summer to our small organic farm (if the stars align and permits get approved) will be un boulangerie, una panadería, un forno! If you don’t know what those crazy romance language words mean, then judging by the title of this post you’ve most likely guessed that we’re planning to build a wood-fired bread oven. […]
“Culvert by culvert and ditch by ditch. We’re going to make this pasture rich With cover crop planting and livestock grazing Turning all into fertile ground.” I’m convinced that the goodness in this world grows from the goodness in the Earth and nothing quite embodies this like good green grass. When we first bought our […]
With Winter on it’s way, we really hoped to be along a lot farther than we are on the farm. Things take time, I know. One thing we don’t want to do is create false expectations in the community. We look forward to joining the ranks of other farms in the area. We delight in […]
Another exciting month at the farm! The 10+ inches of rain we had in June raised the water table exposing the wet, soggy patches that were well-hidden during the drought of May. It’s always good to know where we’ll need drainage in the future. I desperately wanted to get our hay cut, but unfortunately with […]