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12 Chewonki Stories You Can’t Miss from 2017
As we count down to the last day of the year, here’s 12 of our favorite memories from 2017: Did you have an amazing Chewonki
December 29, 2017
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Late December on the Farm
With the fall semester over and the elementary students on break, it’s been a particularly quiet time on this farm. In fact, there have been
December 29, 2017
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Wilderness First Aid/Wilderness First Responder Course at Chewonki
Would you be able to respond to a medical emergency without access to a hospital or ambulance —be it on a remote wilderness trip, backcountry
December 13, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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Intimate Encounters with Life at Salt Marsh Farm
Charlie Lowell, an alumna of Maine Coast Semester 58, worked as a summer farm assistant at Chewonki this past season. She wrote this essay about
September 14, 2017
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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
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
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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
