Jenny’s brother, Eric, took these stunning aerial shots of Stowe Farm with his drone: .5 min AERIAL VIDEO and this one too: 1.5 min AERIAL VIDEO
What a difference 24 hrs can make!
Here is Tes and Sarah’s house in November at 8am, and by 5pm all four walls were up. Nov, 8 am Nov, 2 pm Nov, 8 pm Here it is today with the windows in and roof on. Dec, 11 am Jan, 4 pm Thanks to everyone who cleared the snow for Doug and the… [Read More]
Permaculture Plan for Stowe Farm’s Solar Field.
Ecosystem revitalization & Land Management in Stowe Farm’s Solar Field. Two years ago one of our Stowe Farm members developed a multi-year plan for our “solar” field, a 33 acre parcel of field and woods bordered by Vincent brook and sloping up to Kennedy Ridge from Adamsville Road. Special thanks to Jonathan for all of… [Read More]
Camping in the Solar Field
Camping at the fire pit in the Stowe Farm solar field was so much fun. We didn’t want to leave so we took our time putting out the fire before we left. Can’t wait to do it again!
Fairy houses
Peter is working on a beautiful fairy house. He and the fairies have been writing to each other. They loved it when Peter built the swing off a branch and were especially delighted when he added the candelabra. Now he’s at Grandma’s house and he’s making another one there. They were inspired by the hollow… [Read More]
Save the date for Fix-it Day!
Save the date and your items that need to be fixed for Colrain Fix-it Day on Sept 16. Fix-it Day is sponsored by Griswold Memorial Library Trustees. Contact Nancy if you want to volunteer, be a fixer, have ideas or questions.
Fair-weather Friday taco party
Last week’s Stowe Farm Fair-weather Friday taco party was great. Ron and Tiger sent this thank you collage: Jack Fogel supplied our party with Mi Tierra Tortillas, where he works. He sent them because he grew up at Pine St Cohousing in Amherst, and has fond memories of their Mi Tierra nights. Besides being locally… [Read More]
Chance of a lifetime: I found a Yellow-Throated Warbler here in WMass!
Written by Mason – In Western Massachusetts the Yellow-Throated Warbler, which I will also refer to as the YTW, is a “super rare find”. But what does that mean? Well, let’s set some baselines for bird rarities and to do that I first need to explain what eBird is. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology launched… [Read More]
Checking for eggs
Our sweet hens are slowing down, but have provided us with several years of beautiful and delicious eggs. We started incubating eggs today for a future flock.
Stowe Farm gardens
Many hands are working on the gardens this year. We’re reaping the benefits and are grateful that so much is thriving in spite of the drought.