Farm & Cheesemaking News (from our Blog)

NEW WINTER FARMSTAND AND VISITING HOURS

(posted on December 17, 2011)

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)

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

First Raisingview larger image

A FUN NEW PROJECT!

(posted on August 9, 2011)

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)

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.

Waiting for the parade to start!view larger image

JULY 4th IN BAR HARBOR !

(posted on July 8, 2011)

"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.

"Chaps" and friendsview larger image

MAYBE SPRING IS HERE??

(posted on June 5, 2011)

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.)

Bambi, Zooey and Salview larger image

THE BABIES HAVE NAMES!

(posted on August 27, 2010)

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)

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!