Category Archives: Farming

Garden adventure

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Posted in Farming, Gardening | Tagged Chickens, Dahlia, Farming, Garden sculptures, Garden Tour, Gardening, Rock Gardens, Tree Fort | 50 Comments

Farm at Eastman’s Corner

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Posted in Farming, Gardening, New England | Tagged Black Hawk, Eat local, Farm at Eastman's Corner, Farmers' Market, John Lopez, Kensington, Metal sculptures, Mural, New England, New Hampshire, Sawyer Park | 33 Comments

Thursday Doors

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Posted in Farming, New England, Thursday Doors | Tagged Farming, Grandparents, Landaff, New Hampshire, Photography, Thursday Doors, White Mountains | 32 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Farm Celebrity

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Posted in Farming | Tagged Farming, French Angora Rabbit, Herbert Menninger, Pet bunny, Pet rabbit | 10 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Wetlands

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Posted in Farming, Photography | Tagged Photography, Wetlands, Wordless Wednesday | 11 Comments

Winner of Chicken Tote Drawing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Posted in Family, Farming | Tagged 1840 Farm, Bantams, Brookside Farm, Building a Chicken Coop, Chicken Coop, Chicken coop run, Chickens, Coiled Fabric Egg Baskets, Egg baskets, Egg Baskets 1840 Farm, Egg Baskets 1840 Farm Etsy, Family farm, Hobby Farm Magazines, New Hampshire farmer, Popular Farming, Popular Farming: Chickens | 5 Comments

Maple Syrup

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Posted in Family, Farming | Tagged French Angora Rabbits, Gardening, Heritage Breed Hens, Maple Museum, Maple Sugar, Maple Syrup, Michael Pollan, Monticello, New England, New Hampshire, Nigerian dwarf goats, Pure Maple Syrup, Sap, Sugar houses, Sugarhouse, Sugaring, Tap My Trees, Tapping trees | 19 Comments

All things chicken drawing

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Chicken Coop

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →

Posted in Farming | Tagged Chicken coop cleaning, Chickens, Cleaning the coop, Compost, Keeping chickens, Nokero, Nokero Solar Lights | 15 Comments

Farm hop

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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 →