Happy New Year! 2019 was an exciting (& busy!) year at the Cheshire County Conservation District. As in years past, our District staff of...

"Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it." ~ E.O. Wilson Old School Landscaping In 1990 my wife,...

Hillside Springs Farm is a horse-powered vegetable farm. With three draft horses, one kitty, and two and a half farmers -- my spouse,...

Research published in the Sept, 2019 edition of the journal, Science, tells a frightening tale. Since 1970, the year before I graduated...

This month's blog comes from our regional partner, The Monadnock Conservancy... Chickering Farm, in Westmoreland, N.H., has been in the...

Owning 235 acres can be daunting at times. So many questions about doing the right thing, doing too much, too little, which management...

​Hello garden friends! This year, one of my new adventures is growing in containers. In this photo (taken on June 1st), you can see a...

As the spring rains take a rest and allow for periods of planting on our farms and in our gardens, you may be interested to know that...

Here at Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail, I have been working with the Walpole office of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation...

It’s a cold, crisp, sunny day and a perfect day for a snowshoe through the woods. As I turn onto a path, I spot a large oval hole low...

These are challenging times for livestock producers. Dairy farms are struggling with record low milk prices, lots of farmers are having...

Warm temperatures during February melted the ice and snow, giving us a peek at the ground in our pasture fields. Is it my imagination or...