Stowe Farm Community

An Intentional Farm Community located in Colrain, Massachusetts

2025 SHOESTRING FARM Plant Order List!

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Stowe Farm is pleased to provide our neighbor, Rich, at Shoestring Farm’s 2025 order list! Order Here for Roadside Pickup In Colrain, Massachusetts at 168 Ed Clark Road. Rich, at Shoestring Farm is Stowe Farm’s neighbor & friend. Below is info to order flower, veg, and herb plants from him: Working the land since 1972,… [Read More]

Saving the world, one scrubbie at a time!

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Jenny’s loofah experiment went a little wild in the greenhouse, but what great scrubbies we all now have! She dried and baked them and gave us all scrubbies and seeds to grow more. It’s a small step, but if each of us replace our synthetic scrubbies for loofahs, the world will be better for it!

Building a terraced garden

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We have a steep slope on the South side of our house which has been a stand of tall grass and weeds for years. It is difficult to mow and the water sheets down the slope in a rainstorm causing erosion and loss of soil nutrients. This year we found a solution… log dam terraces!… [Read More]

Cafe Chez Verte

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Kaylee and Paul are joying an imaginary cup of Java in new surroundings with aromatic wood chip flooring. Thank you, Paul, for installing the new floor! The Stowe Farm greenhouse looks and smells wonderful. And the starts are looking good!

Starts and chicks from local farms

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We bought our starts from Rich at Shoestring Farm, and Maria at Lyonsville Farm. They are both highly recommend, not only because they are wonderful neighbors and friends, but because they are excellent farmers who grow interesting and hearty plants. Additionally, Shoestring Farm sells maple syrup, and Lyonsville Farm sells produce, flowers, houseplants, and has… [Read More]