Fortune & Folly of a Female Farmer
Why $5/dozen eggs are a great value
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Besides the horses, laying hens were our first foray into livestock. They are for lots of people.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
A year in review, with pie and ice cream, too
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The Friends of Holcomb Farm celebrated at its Annual Members’ meeting with a ribbon cutting at the refurbished CSA barn, a pie contest, ice cream and reports of another successful year for the nonprofit. With a mission to protect Tudor and Laura Holcomb’s gift of this farm to the Town of Granby, the board reported on successful farming programs, growing Fresh Access partnerships to provide fresh produce to people otherwise without access, and ongoing land stewardship to provide greater public access to the meadows and trails.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Holcomb Farm annual meeting enlivened by pie contest
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Friends of Holcomb Farm board member Eric Lukingbeal came up with an idea to enliven the annual meeting: hold a pie contest.
Events
Friends of Holcomb Farm
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With the support of a State of Connecticut Small Farm Viability Grant, funds raised by the Friends of Holcomb Farm, and—most critically—hundreds of hours of volunteer time, renovation of the CSA Barn is well underway and on schedule for completion in advance of the annual opening of the Holcomb Farm CSA and Farm Store.
Fortune & Folly of a Female Farmer
An Open Letter To Summer Workers
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For most of the year on the farm, our family is able to do all of the work by ourselves. We feed animals, start and clean-up gardens, fix fences and build sheds for 12 months a year.
Events
Lost Acres Vineyard Community Days
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Lost Acres Vineyard is holding three community days over the coming year to thank its supporters. Members of the community can support local organizations with the purchase of Lost Acres Vineyard wine.
Fortune & Folly of a Female Farmer
No one deserves breakfast in bed more than Mamma Pig
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Pigs are incredibly prolific. Mamma Pigs come into heat at all times of the year (unlike goat or sheep that are bred seasonally) and, since she gives birth in under four months (three months, three weeks and three days), she can be bred twice a year.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
The Posse tackles hard jobs, every season
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This spring, take a drive down Simsbury Road in West Granby, enjoy the beautiful barns and farm fields and meadows of Holcomb Farm as they come to life, and give thanks to the Granby volunteers who have helped make it so. Among the many volunteers, there is one, lovingly known as the Posse, worth considering.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
CSA Shares still available
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Planting has begun, and sales of CSA summer shares are well underway. Thanks to careful nurturing of the soil (as well as new equipment), Farmer Joe reports increasing productivity is making even more CSA shares available, so it’s not too late to sign up.