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Respect the Seed

plant some local traditions in your garden!

Abenaki Calais Flint corn

The work of generations went into the agricultural system called the 3 Sisters garden. Synergy between the staple crops, corn for structure, beans for connection, and squash for cover, allows each to be more productive in the presence of the other two.

True Cranberry bean

It is beautiful and instructive to watch the 3 Sisters growing together, and we invite you to try a hill of tasty tradition this season!

Howden field pumpkin

Our ability to save and trade seeds is threatened and needs protection.

 

Ripening Pears

purr-maculture method of ripening pears

Our mother planted this pear tree in the ’70s, and we have benefited from it year in and year out. If you are a doting parent who wants to do something for your children, plant a fruit tree. Perhaps it will not be your children who are here when it is grown, but we hope that wherever your children go, someone will have planted a fruit tree. 

Float a Goat!

goats across the water

Our clearing team being ferried over to Cedar Tree Neck to clear invasive plants and participate in research and education with Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation. Herbivores not Herbicides!

 

Flower Pictures

here are some pictures of flowers snapped around the farm. Enjoy!

my spring favoriteThis common weed is one of my favorite spring plants. The greens are bitter while the plant is in bloom, but the flower petals are nice sprinkled on salads.

another less popular flower – I don’t eat this one, but I admire them every year! this is the stinky skunk cabbage of the swamps.

Here is a delicate Wood Anemone – the flower looks like wild strawberry, but the leaves are feathery, and it likes the shaded woods.