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.
Stowe Farm gatherings
Whether we pop in for 10 minutes or stay for an hour and a half, chilling on Friday afternoons is always a great way to start the weekend and catch up with everyone.
Stowe Farm Community Garden
Many hands working in the community garden.
Pigs arrived
The Stowe Farm Pig Club is thrilled with this year’s pigs. They are spunky and so sweet. The watering system works well, especially using the spring that Katie discovered. They seem quite happy here now. Although the first night they got spooked and ran deep into the woods. It took a while to find them,… [Read More]
Oriole birds and bees
Here are some birds and bees from Mason’s nature photography collection, Stormbringer Photography From his Facebook: Surprise! The Baltimore Orioles are back! I quickly realized it was stealing sap/insects attracted to sap from the Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers! The sapsuckers repeatedly fly over to the oriole to try and shoo it away, though each time the oriole… [Read More]