permaculture - Stowe Farm Community https://stowefarm.org An Intentional Farm Community located in Colrain, Massachusetts Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:07:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://stowefarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-site-icon.png permaculture - Stowe Farm Community https://stowefarm.org 32 32 Planting chestnut trees https://stowefarm.org/planting-chestnut-trees/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:01:09 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=7500 Part of Lauren’s permaculture dream is planting chestnut trees. We planted 9 at a Stowe Farm work party.  

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]]> Permaculture Plan for Stowe Farm’s Solar Field. https://stowefarm.org/permaculture/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:52:35 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=7187 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]

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]]> Many hands work party! https://stowefarm.org/wp/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:41:07 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6813 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]

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]]> Multi-year plan for Stowe Farm Community Solar Field https://stowefarm.org/mowing/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:10:55 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6778 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]

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]]> Building a terraced garden https://stowefarm.org/building-a-terraced-garden/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:08:31 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6629 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]

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]]> Rootstock https://stowefarm.org/rootstock/ Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:25:00 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=5201 Grafting different apple varieties by joining root and branch create an apple tree at Stowe Farm Community

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]]> Co-farming makes work lighter and fun https://stowefarm.org/no-till-presentation-inspired-us/ Tue, 05 May 2015 16:20:18 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=4146 Thank you Kaylee, Ed, and Emma for organizing our work parties. more pics…Putting down a truck load of cardboard and planting endless rows of potatoes went amazingly fast with many hands and good organization.

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]]> No-till event was excellent and of course great food! https://stowefarm.org/no-till-event-was-excellent/ Sat, 02 May 2015 16:26:54 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=4139 Inspired by the presentation on no-till farming led by Heifer International’s Liz Joseph, Katywil got to work! More… Liz Joseph’s presentation on March 29 inspired us to lay down an entire truck load of cardboard. Like Heifer’s Overlook Farm, Katywil has many hands to make this not only possible but fun. More garden photos to... [Read More]

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]]> Come to No Till Presentation on Sunday https://stowefarm.org/no-till-presentation-on-sunday-march-29/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:47:26 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=3853 Liz Joseph from Heifer Int coming to Katywil on Sunday at 2pm to speak on No Till Growing More info… Katywil Farm Community will be hosting an exciting, fun and educational presentation on the benefits of no-till growing with permanent raised bed weed prevention through mulches and cover crops and breaking ground for new garden... [Read More]

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]]> NOFA Summer Conference this weekend https://stowefarm.org/nofa-summer-conference-this-weekend/ Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:47:06 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=3408 NOFA Summer Conference at UMass Amherst campus. Awesome workshops for adults & kids all day Saturday and Sunday. Visit us at our table.

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