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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
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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
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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
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A Farmer’s Reflections on the Birthing Season
It’s over. As of this afternoon, there are eight lambs, one calf, 150+ chicks, and eight piglets in the barn (or, in the case of
May 8, 2017
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Mashed, Baked, French Fried: Looking forward to a Potato-Heavy Season
The elementary schoolers helped us to finish cutting our seed potatoes today. Because each eye has the ability to grow a new plant, we can
May 3, 2017
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Paying Attention to Clover
Every year about this time, I start to watch the pasture closely, paying particular attention to the clover. When each clover leaf is the size
April 27, 2017
Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki
Witnessing a Lamb’s First Breath
Many of the great things that Chewonki has to offer stem from its outstanding farm and food systems. Although many of these things normally relate
April 18, 2017
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Seeding Update: April and May
Plants and sunshine abound on the farm these days. Elementary schoolers have started to trek down to the farm in pairs on a weekly basis
April 1, 2017
Elementary Schoolers Tackle Farm Economics
From Steve Shea, the 5/6 teacher at the Elementary School at Chewonki: 5th/6th Grade Class Update Last week, our class gathered at the farm
March 26, 2017
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An Expanded Greenhouse!
Though we’ve been under and without snow off and on all winter, the seedlings (onions! flowers! microgreens! eggplants!) under grow lights in the basement of
March 26, 2017
