Now taking orders for our 2024 Summer CSA Share
Shares begin June 3, 2024 and run through October 20, 2024
Small, Medium & large sizes to choose from with a sliding scale option. We accept SNAP benefits and offer payment plans to make it affordable for all.
Upcoming Workshops:
Navigating the new normal- power equipment and implements on the farm and homestead.
- Saturday, May 11, 2024
- 9am-12noon with pot luck lunch
- Price: $50 – $100 sliding scale
- Presenter: Dave Petrovick with support from Jonathan Anderson
Are you confused on how to enter into the realm of tractors, implements and power equipment? There are many time and labor saving pieces of equipment available lately and with rampant sticker shock everywhere, how do you choose what to buy?
For those who have equipment already, how do I maintain it? Can I repair it? Should I repair it, or bite the bullet and upgrade? Interested in starting a new enterprise on the farm? What will I need?
We will discuss these and other subjects. I am a diesel mechanic, certified welder and farmer with 40 years of experience with agricultural and construction equipment. You’ll have access to insights and experience that will help you confidently delve into the world of power equipment, implements and tractors
News from the Farm, Monday September 14th
/in Newsletter /by Christy BassettThis Saturday afternoon found Julie and WWOOFers Davida and Gavin out in the fields sowing fall cover crops – oats and barley, phacelia, millet, buckwheat and sunflower. The inspiration for this mixed bag of cover crops is forward-thinking agronomists like Australian soil ecologist Dr. Christine Jones. Dr. Jones advocates for farming practices that “maximize diversity in both cover crops and cash […]
News from the Farm, Monday September 7th
/in Newsletter /by Christy BassettJulie ended her long tenure with NOFA/Mass on Monday. On Saturday, she was celebrated by the board and staff with a small gathering and the gift of new perennials for the farm – a Cornelian cherry, garlic and white-flowered chives, anise hyssop, black cohosh, asparagus seedlings. She also received a gift certificate to purchase more plants in spring. […]
News from the Farm, Monday August 31st
/in Newsletter /by Christy BassettWe had another productive week on the farm this week. Eric has taken over mowing everything and now has the orchards in a place of easy access.He also gets up really early every morning and accomplishes our daily foliar feeding. We are now back on schedule after it being hit or miss for several weeks. […]