Camp Chewonki Meet-Ups!
The Camp Chewonki team is hosting two Camp Meet-ups for returning families, prospective families, and recent Summer staff. If you are local to one of
Unplug, Unwind, and Discover 5 Reasons We Love Camp Chewonki
With summer just around the corner, we’re excited to open the 109th year of Camp Chewonki! Every summer is filled with a thousand adventures and
Chicken-of-the-Woods and Other Marvelous Mushrooms
Rain promises some of spring’s most welcome gifts. I walk back and forth along the camp road, anticipating. It’s only a matter of time until
The Countdown to Spring is On!
Dear Big Eddy friends, It’s a fairly small act, but I always feel a big dose of happiness when I flip the calendar from December
Timelapse Tomatoes
Two months ago, we set up a time-lapse camera in the high tunnel on Chewonki’s farm to catch the amazing growth of our tomatoes! It’s
Sugar Snap Super Shack
Morning pea-picking is good work. The farmers move down rows of emerald tendrils “dripping with peas,” as Assistant Farm Manager Hilary Crowell puts it, pinching
Equine Elegance
Thanks to generous Chewonki friends, our beloved American Belgian chestnut mare, Sal, now has a run-in at one of her favorite pasture hangouts. The new
Eastside Pasture Restoration Project Update: Subsoiling
With the trees fully cleared from the eastside pasture restoration project site, the last few weeks have been a busy (and noisy) period of subsoiling
March + Maine = Maple Madness
Mainers who love maple syrup look forward to March all year long. It’s an end-of-winter celebration infused with the smell of sap boiling in the