Proper Land Stewardship Can Make a Difference
Research published in the Sept, 2019 edition of the journal, Science, tells a frightening tale. Since 1970, the year before I graduated...
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Rachel Brice
Nov 7, 20192 min read
Monadnock Grows Together: Garden Clean-Up Checklist
Hello Garden Friends! Fall is a perfect time to clean up your garden. Having a garden clean-up day in the fall is a great way to improve...
Rachel Brice
Oct 3, 20191 min read
Monadnock Grows Together: Gardens in the Fall
Hello Garden Friends! It’s fall in New Hampshire, and the garden season is certainly transitioning… but that doesn’t mean we have to be...
The Monadnock Conservancy
Sep 3, 20192 min read
This Land is Farmland: The region's largest dairy farm now protected
This month's blog comes from our regional partner, The Monadnock Conservancy... Chickering Farm, in Westmoreland, N.H., has been in the...
Amy Bodwell
Aug 22, 20194 min read
Managing Property to Benefit Wildlife - Part II
Owning 235 acres can be daunting at times. So many questions about doing the right thing, doing too much, too little, which management...
Peter Renzelman
Jul 31, 20194 min read
A Final Cut?
I would like to share my experiences managing a wood lot I have been familiar with all my life. I have had the good fortune of doing the...
Rachel Brice
Jul 22, 20194 min read
Monadnock Grows Together: Tomato Health
Hello Garden Friends! I wanted to share some thoughts with you about tomato health in general, and also about late blight in particular....
Rachel Brice
Jul 22, 20192 min read
July Garden Question of the Month!
Hello Garden Friends! I’d like to share the question of the month with you! A gardener reached out to me recently with a lettuce...
Rachel Brice
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Monadnock Grows Together: Container Gardening
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...
Rachel Brice
Jun 23, 20192 min read
Monadnock Grows Together: Meet Rachel!
Hello, garden friends! I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Rachel Brice, and this year I have the privilege of serving as Cheshire...
Andy Pressman
Jun 4, 20192 min read
Small-Farm & Garden Technology
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...
Michael Nerrie
May 6, 20193 min read
Diversifying Habitat for Wildlife
Here at Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail, I have been working with the Walpole office of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation...
Heidi Konesko
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Winter Windbreaks: Living Snow Fences
This winter has sure been a cold and windy one! One thing I’m grateful for is the living snowfence that we planted along our driveway...
Amy Bodwell
Jan 18, 20192 min read
Wandering the Winter Woods
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...
Bill Fosher
Jan 3, 20192 min read
Could Grazing be the Answer?
These are challenging times for livestock producers. Dairy farms are struggling with record low milk prices, lots of farmers are having...
Heidi Konesko
Jan 2, 20191 min read
Pasture Perfect
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...
Mary Ellen Cannon
Dec 7, 20182 min read
Do Right and Feed Everyone
"Do right and feed everyone." This is the mission of the USDA, according to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Seasonal high tunnel...
Chris Bowen
Nov 7, 20183 min read
Working Dogs on the Farm
While automation plays a larger and larger role in modern agriculture, many sheep farmers continue to find working dogs to be...
John Snowdon
Oct 1, 20182 min read
Squirrel-mageddon: A Lesson Learned
My wife and I have an “organically managed” hobby farm consisting of a small 15-tree orchard, numerous blueberry, raspberry and...
Sara Powell
Sep 3, 20182 min read
Community Partnerships in Action: The Westmoreland Garden Project
The Westmoreland Garden Project (WGP) is located at the old county farm site across from the Maplewood Nursing Home on River Road in...
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