Seal Cove Farm Blog

NEW WINTER FARMSTAND AND VISITING HOURS

(posted on December 17, 2011)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

Our winter schedule is now in effect. You can get cheese and compost by appointment, call 667-7127, or by chance, just stop at the barn.

FARMSTAND AND COMPOST

(posted on October 15, 2011)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 21,22, and 23, the farmstand and compost operation will be closed.

NEW FALL FARMSTAND HOURS

(posted on September 20, 2011)

Category: Farm Stand Update

Our new fall farmstand and compost hours will change to Thursday,Friday,Sunday 12-6pm and Saturday, 9am to 6 PM. We can also be available at other times by appointment.

Please note that this Saturday,September 24,we will be at both Common Ground and at the Maine Coast Memorial Annual Craft Fair, and will not be able to load compost for you. The farmstand will be open on that day.

First Raisingview larger image

A FUN NEW PROJECT!

(posted on August 9, 2011)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

Come visit the farm and see our newest addition.It's a timberframe storage building, the product of a splendid program at Hidden Valley Nature Center,(HVNC) in Jefferson ME. Needing an additional small building, we responded to an ad in the MOFGA newsletter for a timberframe that was built in their fourth  class.They suggested that instead of buying the existing building that we design our own and come help build it. And so, we did! Lynn and our young friend Will spent two weekends at HVNC and after the second returned to the farm with a most beautiful structure in sections and pieces piled high on our hay trailer. Lynn had drawn a very rough sketch of what we wanted, and Tracy translated it into a set of working drawings for the class of 7 students and  3 instructors. The class was set up in the 800 acre woodlot that HVNC is restoring using sustainable forestry techniques.(you can read about that in the summer MOFGA newsletter, it's the lead story). Trees were selected and milled during our class, and then we started the process of laying out.After that, everyone used all the tools necessary to create the many joints the frame needed, mortisers,drills, huge circular saws, handtools and of course chisels and more chisels. The miraculous thing was that by the middle of the 4th day we were ready to "raise high the roofbeams, carpenters". Of course it went well, three experts and a "forwarder" pretty much guaranteed that. Lynn, however, was quite apprehensive about raising day without Bob,Gary and Tracy..Happily, because the building was so beautifully built by a group of serious students/teachers, and all the joints were precise and created perfectly square frames, the structure went up nicely with a novice crew and a large amount of huffing and puffing. (no forwarder with the nice crane). This is the best tribute to the HVNC program. If you have ever thought about learning timberframing, this is a great place to start. www.hvnc.org

A HAPPY HOME CREW!view larger image

SECOND RAISING

(posted on August 9, 2011)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

Here' a photo of the home crew after a sucessful raising and a great lunch!  Because upload space on this blog is limited,we will be looking at other options to display some of building process pics.

SCF Colorguard insures the security of our Gourmet Compost!view larger image

Nannyberries on Parade!!

(posted on July 8, 2011)

Category: Compost News

Frontlining the Seal Cove Farm parade float this year was a loader bucket full of "Gourmet Compost". A uniformed parade participant on his cell phone was overheard saying "you gotta see this, there's someone here parading poop!.....and so we were!

Waiting for the parade to start!view larger image

JULY 4th IN BAR HARBOR !

(posted on July 8, 2011)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

"Kids" and crew alike inched their way through Bar Harbor Monday morning to participate in the parade. Once the parade got going, it was fast and fun! More photos are on their way to the web site soon.

Two month old Tommes.view larger image

The Tommes are back!

(posted on June 9, 2011)

Category: Product News

A new batch of Tommes have hit the farmstand. Sitting in olive oil, and garnished with pink peppercorns and our thyme, they are a real treat.

"Chaps" and friendsview larger image

MAYBE SPRING IS HERE??

(posted on June 5, 2011)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

The goats are very happy to have seen a couple of days without rain. Our young Toggenburg buck "Chaps" is enjoying the sun and new grass. (and yes that is his natural coat, not a bad mullet as suggested by some.)

Pad Notesview larger image

Views from the compost pad

(posted on June 5, 2011)

Category: Compost News

A very wet spring has made compost production a big challange this year. Normally at this time, we have a large volume of friable finished compost. Because the ice and snow hung in there for so long,and precipatition continued so long into the spring, the compost,while mature and weed free, is lumpier than we would like. It is fine for applications where it will be rototilled into the garden, but it will be a few weeks before it is back up to "gourmet" status.

Yuga checks a young Chevrotin!view larger image

WE HAVE YOUR PICNIC AT OUR FARMSTAND

(posted on May 29, 2011)

Category: Farm Stand Update

The farmstand is now open for the 2011 season. Stop by and taste our new Chevrotin or sample our Pearls, Chevre and Olga. If you are headed out for a picnic, we have great crostini to go with the cheese and you might like to add smoked mussels, imported salami, and some glazed figs!

Bambi, Zooey and Salview larger image

THE BABIES HAVE NAMES!

(posted on August 27, 2010)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

There was a great turnout for both the cheese tasting and the SPCA fair last week. We had so many fabulous name entries that the "blue ribbon panel of judges" just couldn't decide and picked the winner out of a hat! Because there were so many excellent suggestions, we are going to assign the rest of the names to the 2010 crop of teenagers that we have coming along! So welcome Zooey and Bambi and stay tuned for the further "naming of goats".

SPCA PET FAIR AUG 22 2-4

(posted on August 20, 2010)

Category: Farm and Cheesemaking News

Our two baby does will be joining other animal friends at a fair to benefit the Hancock County SPCA at the Northeast Harbor elementary school,Aug 22 from 2-4. Stop by our booth tto see the babies. We will have cheese for sale and a baby naming contest to enter!

Georgianna and Bob getting treats for their sweet peasview larger image

# 1 Nannyberries Customers!

(posted on March 14, 2010)

Category: Compost News

Last year at this time,huge piles of ice and snow made it almost impossible to manuver the tractor and turn the compost within the confines of the pad. Due to the fabulous late winter weather we've had this year,the compost is as ready as the customers are early! Georgianna and Bob Pulver were our first Nannyberries customers this season,and they filled their station wagon with enough compost to amend their sweet pea beds. We expect that their extensive flower and vegetable gardens will again be as bright and beautiful as Georgianna's hat !!!