That’s right – what’s growing on??? … Ha. Do you get it? What’s growing on… like what’s going on…. But growing… because #farmlife. You may think there is NOTHING growing on a Maine farmstead in January, but you are very wrong! Sort of. Our animals are in fact growing a bunch! Our hens are laying… Continue reading Whats Growing On?
Category: winter time
Sugar Season
It’s here! Spring has sprung! The sap is F L O W I N G!! I love maple syrup — *real* maple syrup. Growing up in Maine, it was a household staple. Every weekend, we would sit down to eat crepes with maple syrup and brown sugar (and bacon, of course). When I was a… Continue reading Sugar Season
Buzzy buzzy bee buzz
This past weekend we got to go to a beekeeping workshop, hosted by MOFGA. It was a beautiful (cold) winter day, spent inside learning from an experienced beekeeper. He reviewed how to get bees and instal them into hives, what equipment to get and what books to read, when to add supers and how to… Continue reading Buzzy buzzy bee buzz
Winter time
It’s officially winter time on the farm. Some people think that it’s still fall, but I whole-heartedly disagree. I know that it is not even mid November, BUT we have had three snow storms and two power outages. We have lit up the wood stove and turned up our heat. I don’t know why its… Continue reading Winter time