Stowe Farm Community

An Intentional Farm Community located in Colrain, Massachusetts

Permaculture Plan for Stowe Farm’s Solar Field.

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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]

Multi-year plan for Stowe Farm Community Solar Field

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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]

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]