By Karen This spring some of my family members went full tilt into enlarging or creating new gardens as COVID 19 has had us all at home and they have been eager to get outside and dig into projects both large and small. My husband decided to double the size of our veggie garden… [Read More]
Stocking the butterfly garden
Harley dug up a nice load of flowers for her butterfly garden. These came from Charles’ beautiful flower garden.
Tour of seedlings in Stowe Farm greenhouse
Nothing like being warm and dry in the greenhouse on a cold, wet day. Here is a tour of our seedlings.
Growing and raising food at SFC
Fall is an exciting time of year here at Stowe Farm Community. In mid- Sept before the first frost came, we harvested beets, potatoes and winter squash and stored them in our root cellar. We harvested all the beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cukes, husk cherries, cabbages, and onions that were ripe before frosts and heavy… [Read More]
More about Stowe Farm Community
Cohousing communities come in every shape and size. Stowe Farm is a rural, family-friendly community with single family homes that are clustered on 10 acres. The community shares the remaining 80 acres. We will complete our 11 home capacity when the last 3 homes are built. Privacy and supportive neighbors benefit both children and adults… [Read More]
Greens and ginger for the community greenhouse
Community members join together regularly to take care of the common greenhouse. During the week interested folks each have a day to water. We’re already getting greens for salads. Last week Lynn and Judy cleared an area where the greens had given us all of their delicious leaves. This area is now being prepared for… [Read More]
Rootstock
Grafting different apple varieties by joining root and branch create an apple tree at Stowe Farm Community
No-till event was excellent and of course great food!
Inspired by the presentation on no-till farming led by Heifer International’s Liz Joseph, Katywil got to work! More…
Come to No Till Presentation on Sunday
Liz Joseph from Heifer Int coming to Katywil on Sunday at 2pm to speak on No Till Growing More info…
Seed Swap
If you missed the Seed Swap in Greenfield last week, come to Northampton this Saturday. More info…