Sunday Review 9/6/20

What an exciting week! One of our favorite cows, Caterpillar, welcomed a new baby girl into the world on September 1. We named her CoCo and we’re so excited to have a fall baby calf. 

We also finally, truly finished all of our second crop work in the fields. This gave us more time to continue work on our various painting projects before the weather gets too cold. 

Despite the drought conditions earlier in the summer, we’re happy to report that we do still see some life in the pumpkin patch! We even spotted at least one orange pumpkin continuing to ripen on the vine. Hopefully we’ll have quite a few more by the end of the month.

Sunday Review 8/2/20

We welcomed in the first few hot days of August doing very much the same things we were doing in July- haying, enjoying the sunshine, tidying up around the farm, and eating some great food. 

We’ve been treated to some beautiful sunsets lately, including this awesome one which reflected off our barn windows. 

Our formerly “green barn” is nearly done with its makeover. We’re hoping to get it painted white soon. 

It’s going on five months that the country has been “Working From Home”. While we’ve always worked from “home” while taking care of the farm, it has certainly taken on a whole new meaning this year. While we’ve been experimenting all summer with ways to make our home a little extra fun with grilling, outdoor movies, and more. This week we found joy in our at-home coffee. While the whole family revels in our weekend Dunkin Donuts run, it is fun to try to make a similar version of our favorite iced coffees at home to power through the long days in the hayfield. 

It’s sweet corn season! While we do not currently grow sweet corn on our farm, we love purchasing it from local farmer friends. Our latest batch came from Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. 

Sunday Review 7/26/20

It’s still summertime which means we’re still spending most of our days outside and in the hayfield. We’ve been so fortunate to get a good start on our second crop and it feels like the summer is just flying by. We cannot believe we’re already entering the last week of July!

We do our best to take advantage of every last hour of sunlight so even in the fields aren’t quite ready for the next step, we’re still outside fixing up the farm, tending to the garden, or simply enjoying the view. 

This week we did a lot of grilling- it’s always fun to get creative with new ways of cooking things and it helps keep the farmhouse cool since there’s no air conditioning in the kitchen. 

We also had a carpenter over to help us continue work on restoring and repairing a few spots in the farmyard including our sawdust storage barn that needed some love in the form of new siding. The barn has been repurposed many times over the years and it’s always fun to breathe new life into it a little at a time. We used to refer to it as the “Green Barn” but with some newer white siding we’ll need to think of a new name!