Farm and Food Systems
Have horse and plow. Will travel.
Though most of Sal’s work is on our farm, she obligingly took a field trip last Wednesday to Damariscotta, 20 minutes up the coast. There, she
May 20, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
Transitions
This is a week of transitions on the farm (truth be told, I could say that about any week, given that a farm is a
May 25, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
It’s 90 degrees outside. What’s happening on the farm?
What to do on a blisteringly hot day like this one? Here’s a few snapshots from our day on the farm: Cut hay.
June 12, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
Milking Time
The sun beats down on my shoulders as I walk out of the barn and down the farm road to collect the dairy cows for
June 18, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
From Moo to You Acrostics
Camp has begun, so young boys are everywhere on the farm, at all hours of the day and evening. This morning we started a three-day
July 3, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
From Moo to You, Day Three
On the heels of writing about the first two days of our three-day “From Moo to You” activity block, I can’t help but revisit with
July 8, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
Garlic Harvest!
We harvested the farm’s garlic this past week with boys campers, a fun and fragrant experience. Once harvested, the farm crew divided the garlic into
August 3, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
Chewonki’s Got the Blues
Indigo blues, that is. This summer and fall, participants in programs across Chewonki – from Boys Camp to the Elementary School to the Maine
October 19, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
Invasive Plants at Chewonki: A Thorny Issue
Moments after 9:30 am on Saturday morning, the 45 students in Semester 59 gathered in a circle on the quad before heading off in small
November 14, 2017
Farm and Food Systems
Making Cat Food
This week we used meat from our old laying hens to make cat food for our two barn cats, Ailsa Craig (named after an onion
December 2, 2017
