March 7, 2014

Spring has sprung.  Our lambing season began early this morning when Patches (#19) delivered a single ewe lamb.  Phoebe and Josie – two Semester 52ers who had signed up for volunteer lamb watch – found the dark, speckled babe already standing when they arrived to the barn at 3:00 am.  Mom and baby are both […]

Forestry Bliss: n. The experience of pure delight in a woodlot setting The task of Chewonki farmers and students this time of year is a straight-forward one: produce firewood.  The reality of how that plays out is a tad more complicated: farmers fell trees, take off limbs, and cut them to eight to twelve foot