My fourth year ever as a gardener brought the driest May, the hottest June, an even hotter and drier July, and only a teasingly rainy August. What can I say? There are unknown cards in every hand, but one has to make the most of it. The learning...
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...
MoreIntroducing our goats
Hey Everybody! We wanted to share what has been on our minds lately. We have been experimenting with different ways to improve and expand our new budding dairy goat business. We have learned so much in these past few months it’s hard to...
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...
MoreDoes raising your own sustenance NEED to include meat from animals?
Open discussion… So, I’ll start answering this question as if it were have 6 months ago… {insert time travel sci-fi sound here} Yes, absolutely, meat is necessary. I think that you rely on the protein to have true calories for a long...
MoreOur First Farm Day
Welcome to the Farm! Today we had over 75 people from all over New England come to visit and learn about Willow Brook Farm’s endeavors. People sampled all of our goat products from yogurt to cheese. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the strawberry...
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...
MoreHugelmound Permaculture Project – U Pick Pumpkin Patch, Berries, & MORE.
We have been working on preparing a site in the clear cut area of land for a future permaculture installation. Our plan is to adopt some hugelkulture techniques to plant some permaculture food. To do this, we’ll create raised mounds that...
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...
MoreJuly is here
Wow! Suddenly, as if we’ve been transported in time, we are already at the beginning of July! Summer really is in full bloom now, all of creation seems to be delighting in it’s beauty. It’s a bit nerve wracking watching time go by so fast when...
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