Farm and Forest Summer Camp at Black Kettle Farm Join us this summer for Farm and Forest Summer Camp at Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm! This meaningful summer experience is offered to children 4-9 years old on a weekly enrollment basis throughout the month of July. … [Read more...] about Lakeside School: Farm and Forest Summer Camp
Full and By Farm
Full and By Farm: Tapping the Sugarbush
Monday was a glorious day for tapping—our coats, vests, gloves and hats being dropped like bread crumbs along the path in the sugarbush. Within minutes of drilling, each hole was already welling up with sap, a tap was put in, the bucket hung and the sweet plunking sound of the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Tapping the Sugarbush
Essex County Agriculture
If you missed the great article in the Valley News, "Essex County agricultural community reflects on past year, offers 2015 wish list" by Pete DeMola, then you may want to go read it. It is a very thorough and comprehensive look at the agricultural community in our county, and … [Read more...] about Essex County Agriculture
Full and By Farm: Lists of Work
Thanks to those who came out Friday to stomp on bean pods and free up the beautifully colored beans. We wrapped up quickly, with all of the threshing and winnowing done by lunch time. After a delicious chili and corn bread meal prepared by Cara, we were back at it, sorting and … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Lists of Work
Full and By Farm: Work Party Friday
Work party friday — come help us put a big dent in the piles of drying bean pods! The beans have been up in the hay mow since fall, drying out in their pods and on the vines. We're looking for all the help that we can get to thresh the beans from the vines and then winnow out the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Work Party Friday