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]
Coltrane in Colrain
How sweet it is to hear Ezra Rudel’s Coltrane in Colrain in the Cold Rain coming from the Stowe Farm greenhouse. What a gift! You can hear more on his Instagram site, ezrudelmusic.
BFFs
At first Kai was just being patient and putting up with this little new human. But now she is clearly in love with her boy, and the feeling is mutual.
Family hike
For the birds
ForTheBirds The birds love Lynn in the winter!
Inspiration for 2022!
We asked folks here at Stowe Farm to send inspiration for 2022, and here’s what we got:
Many hands work party!
We are growing, and what a difference more helping hands made last weekend. On a stunning November Sunday Stowe Farm Community members came together to plant over 120 new raspberry plants that needed thinning from a neighbor’s garden. With Jonathan leading the way with the rototiller, we planted them in a curve that follows the… [Read More]
Autumn bonfire
Stowe Farm Fair Weather Friday Happy Hours are still fair weather, but getting cold and dark. Nothing that a bonfire can’t fix!
Cider pressing at Peter and Kaylee’s
Thank you, Peter and Kaylee, for a beautiful day of cider pressing, delicious apple cake, and for delivering fresh apple cider to each of our doorsteps at Stowe Farm! The ducks enjoyed the day too. They were flattered that the bird dog pointed and never took her eyes off of them!
Multi-year plan for Stowe Farm Community Solar Field
This summer we started developing a multi-year land management plan for our solar field on the North side of Adamsville Rd. The plan is inspired in part by: recommendations in Mass Audubon Society’s Best Management Practices for Nesting Grassland Birds; by the ecological vision and theory for temperate climate permaculture set out by Jacke and… [Read More]