An Introduction to Permaculture by Amy Antonucci I came to permaculture like many people do – through farming and gardening. Neither my family background nor schooling was in agriculture, but after becoming involved in social justice and...
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Harvest Moon
Since the harvest moon has just passed we have been in preparation mode for the winter! Preparing our garden beds for the snow cover, curing food for the root cellar, harvesting fodder for our goats winter food supply, and breaking new ground to...
MoreA note from Tim about our fundraising for our Beginning Farmer Fellowship
Yep. I know I’ve been out of the loop for a while… but not exactly with my feet up. OK, yeah, maybe I had a moment in a hammock on one of those 90 degree summer days… I’ve been so busy between trying to keep up with the farm chores, work on the...
MoreEscape the F.A.S.T. Lane — presentation
Escape the F.A.S.T. Lane How to Live Life Less Frustrated, Anxious, Stressed, and Tired! Join us at Willow Brook Farm & Art Center on Thursday, September 22nd at 7 PM for a presentation by our farm friend Michael Robinson. We’re...
MoreCapturing, Storing & Irrigating with Rain Water
Capturing, Storing & Irrigating with Rain Water aka our C.S.I. Rain Water Operation Warning: Classified information. Only the most intelligent folks may understand what we’re about to share. There is a way to catch — literally...
MoreFundraising Kickoff
We’re finally ready to launch our fundraising campaign for the Willow Brook Farm & Art Center Beginning Farmer Fellowship! We’re excited to introduce our first fellowship recipients, Austin and Taylor, who started at the farm this...
MoreAn incomplete list of organizations
Each website has a lot of valuable information & is a great resource http://permies.com a great site of forums and permaculture & homesteading information. http://www.nhpermacultureday.org http://nofanh.org http://mofga.net...
More5th Annual Barnstead Open Farm Day 2016
We will be open as part of this event on Saturday, July 23 from 10-4. The Barnstead Farmers and Gardeners Network will host the first annual Open Farm Day, scheduled for July 23. This is an opportunity for the general public to see the products...
MoreNew dairy products
We have been experimenting with all sorts of dairy product recipes for our market. We have recently included flavored milks, chocolate and mocha milk. We’ve even worked out some flavored yogurts: mocha, maple vanilla, strawberry and...
MoreChange of plans…
Ever since the Willow Brook Farm board meeting on the 1st of the month we have been really contemplating which enterprises we feel we want to put the most focus and energy into, that will bring the most reward back for us. For a while we were...
MorePigs!
Our two young tamworth/old spot pigs arrived at the farm today! Three days after our move in date we spent a lot of energy getting prepared for a safe landing for them both. We fenced off the whole perimeter of the 10,000 sq ft soon to be garden...
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Here are a few invaluable books: Anything by Eliot Coleman, but in particular, Four Season Harvest The Community-Scale Permaculture Farm, Josh Trought The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Ben Falk Restoration Agriculture, Mark Shepard The Holistic...
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