Category Archives: Farming

Garden adventure

On Saturday, a friend and I went on a garden tour in what I’d call a rural/bedroom community. Their population is around 10,000. We saw a variety of beautiful gardens, traveled dirt roads, hiked through the woods between a couple … Continue reading

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Farm at Eastman’s Corner

On a beautiful Saturday morning, we took a short trip to the Farm at Eastman’s Corner in Kensington, NH. It is a community managed farm and marketplace supporting local farmers while also providing a gathering place for free events, cooking … Continue reading

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Thursday Doors

This weathered barn door is in Landaff – White Mountains of New Hampshire. To the person driving by on RFD#1, it looks like a lot of other barn doors in the area – old and in need of repair. This … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – Farm Celebrity

       

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Wordless Wednesday – Wetlands

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Winner of Chicken Tote Drawing

Drum roll! The winner of the Chicken Tote was #20 – L. Bryant who has 32 chickens of her own. Congratulations! Thanks to everyone who participated in the giveaway. If you have a moment in your busy day today, we’d … Continue reading

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Maple Syrup

We make maple syrup. Why? Well, it is a fun learning experience for the grandkids, and our family is very concerned about the source of our food supply. We keep hens so we know where our eggs come from, we … Continue reading

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All things chicken drawing

I remember the fun I had spending a large part of my youth at my grandparents’ New Hampshire farm, Brookside Farm. They had dairy cows, chickens, sometimes a pig or two for meat or a couple of ducks, a huge … Continue reading

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Chicken Coop

I cleaned the chicken coop this morning. Now, there may be some of you thinking – yuck, I don’t want to do that any time soon. Well, let me say I might have had that opinion in the past as … Continue reading

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Farm hop

We took a road trip yesterday from our 1840 Farm north to Walker Farm, Bristol, New Hampshire. The Walker Farm is a wonderful example of a family farm providing fresh, locally grown food and some good family entertainment for their … Continue reading

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