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Sprouting Grass Moon
Reblogged from Running Barefoot: The first full moon of spring shines tonight April’s moon has many names: Pink, Egg, Sprouting Grass, and Fish Pink for wild phlox, one of the first spring flowers Fish for the shad run, which Native … Continue reading
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Farm Fresh Butter
It’s early spring, and the cows are coming to the end of their pregnancies here on the farm. That means that their milk production has been slowly waning over the past few weeks, and on Monday John stopped milking altogether. … Continue reading
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Birthdays at the Farm!
This past week we celebrated TWO birthdays–Ben, whose birthday was on Monday, and Edge, whose birthday was on Wednesday. So on Tuesday night, we all went up to John and Judy’s house for some homemade chili, cornbread, and carrot cake. … Continue reading
December Update: Enjoying the first snow and some gift ideas for this season!
December 8, and we finally woke up to a beautiful still morning covered with snow. The farm has been ready for winter: the laying hens have moved to their new home in the greenhouse; the last of the roots have … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Turkeys Available!
We are excited to announce that we will be partnering with Maple Wind Farm to offer organic pasture-raised turkeys for Thanksgiving. Maple Wind Farm is located in Huntington and has a high standard of care and quality on their diversified … Continue reading
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Rainy Days
It’s raining again, reminding us of spring, only this time around the hay loft is almost full and round bales are stacked in the hoop barn and lay wrapped outside. Even though there is still more hay to cut and … Continue reading
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Grilling at the Market!
Applecheek Farm has something new at the Farmers’ Markets: grilled breakfast and lunch sausage sandwiches! We’ve been cooking them up for the past month on Saturdays at the Montpelier market, and on Sundays at Stowe, and the reviews have been … Continue reading
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A New Wave of Applecheekers
In 1965, John and Judy Clark began a dairy farm in Hyde Park, Vermont. They called it Applecheek, after a reporter from the Boston Globe photographed John at a cow auction and wrote the caption, “Applecheek Youngsters Bid At Hoods … Continue reading
