Winter Luxury
by Hilary Crowell, Assistant Farm Manager My favorite kind of pumpkin is called Winter Luxury. What a perfect name! It is a beauty to look
January 5, 2015
Garden Planning
by Hilary Crowell, Assistant Farm Manager Usually about now some people start to ask me, as a farmer, what I do. I sense that
January 10, 2015
Winter Woodlot Work at Chewonki: The Production of Firewood and Humility
This winter has been many things, but above all it has been snowy. We have weathered blizzards that have buried barn doors behind seven foot
February 24, 2015
Food Security Forum
When I think about the intersection of community and food, my mind goes to bountiful places: I reflect on the richness of directly growing food
March 12, 2015
First Green of the Season
The kitchen is thrilled to be welcoming the first green vegetables of the season from our farm: pea shoots! Although these were grown indoors (our
March 31, 2015
Oh, spring.
What a season this is. We went from deep snow to summery temperatures on the farm in a matter of moments it seems. These days
May 11, 2015
Chewonki’s Bread
This spring the kitchen will be baking about 200 loaves of bread for our residential Outdoor Classroom programs. We started doing this in 2010 in
May 17, 2015
4000 Gallons and Counting!
This week we reached another dairy milestone – 4000 gallons of milk pasteurized since we became a licensed producer in June 2012. Our Jersey cows,
June 7, 2015
From Farm to You!
A poem written by Farm Activity Campers and Staff Once on a farm that we call Salt Marsh Lay 150 lbs. of potatoes to
August 10, 2015
Farming by the Numbers
As Chewonki’s fiscal year draws to a close, I take some time to total up the poundage and value of food grown on the farm
September 15, 2015
