The greatest joy of having four seasons is the excitement of each new season, especially spring. Our favorite activity in spring and summer is watching the fish and frogs in the pond. And they made it through another winter! The frogs seem to like being picked up. Something always needs fixing on a farm. It’s… [Read More]
A Beautiful Working Truck for Stowe Farm Community!
After many years of service, it was time to retire our 1996 Dodge Ram – held lovingly together well past its normal life with lots of duct tape, love and bondo by Peter, our stalwart truck point person. Thanks to Peter and Haynes for all of the searching, calling, visiting, and test driving, we now… [Read More]
Stowe Farm Maple Sugaring Club’s First Tree Tapping Day (by Lauren)
David, Tes and I tapped three trees last Sunday. We kept it simple, old school – brace and bit (manual drill), metal spiles (spouts), and nice old maple sap buckets with “hats” cut from sheet metal. We used snowshoes to get to the trees since there was deep and crusty snow. It was barely sunny… [Read More]
Stowe Farm zoomy zooms
Here is a snapshot of a Stowe Farm outreach meeting. Sharonda and Peter made appearances to add their 2¢!