Monday, August 6, 2018

Progressive Farm Tour



Lunenburg - August 5

Pine Hill Farm - Tammy Callahan
271 Elmwood Road
Pine Hill Farm  is a riding academy and boarding facility nestled against miles of trails through apple orchards and field.

In the Meadow Farm - Jackie Chabot
40 Page Street
In the Meadow Farm is a small alpaca farm, begun in 2015, that focuses on fiber production over breeding. Also home to 19 chickens and 2 Jersey Woolie Bunnies.

4-H at the Lunenburg Community Farmers Market - Kim Mayhew
960 Massachusetts Ave
508-596-7371

Lunenburg Community Pollinators Habitat - Ginny Albertson
123 Hollis Road
508-596-4371
Lunenburg Community Pollinators is on  town-owned 2.5 acre field to create habitat to support native pollinators.

Ashburnham - August 12

Hames & Axle  - Pat and Dave Stewart
18 Kraetzer Road
Home to the Hames & Axle Farm herd of Nigerian dairy goats, and Surfing Goat Soaps goat milk soap. Come visit the farm to meet the goats, or check out
the goat milk soaps. Get a preview at www.surfinggoatsoaps.com. *Goat Education Program.

Koljian Farm - Kerry and Keven Koljian
70 Cushing Street
Koljian Farm is a small diversified family farm .  We produce heirloom plants, vegetables, herbs, fruit, and flowers without the use of harmful chemicals.  *Heirloom Tomato Tasting

J & K's Good Thyme Farm - Kirby and Joey
103 Fitchburg Road
J & K's Good Thyme Farm is a small family run farm,  established in 2016. We strive to provide nutritious produce and eggs at an affordable price. Diversity in our crops and livestock, Dirty hands and a lot of sweat equity are the secrets to our success.  *Chicken Education Program   

Crow Over Farm
178 Hasting Road
978-827-4874
CrowOver Farm is a diversified smallholding, raising eggs from their Buckeye Chickens, and pork from American Guinea Hogs.  It’s
also home to Maybelline, the Scotch Highland Heifer. *Visit the CrowOver Farm Store, and find goodies from local farms in the region.

Templeton - August 12

Pease Orchard - David Pease
11 Phillipston Road at Brooks Village, peaseorchard.com  https://www.facebook.com/peaseorchard/_ 
Pease Orchard is located in Brooks Village, a quiet 5-way crossroads in Templeton, Massachusetts, an old New England village in the northwest corner of Worcester County. It’s an area where you find a rare blend of altitude, soils, and climate that’s perfect for growing crisp, juicy apples.  They were the first commercial orchard in the area, and became known for the quality of their apples, which were sold throughout New England.  * Learn about peaches.

Valley View Farm - Matt LeClerc
79 Barre Rd
Valley View Farm is a 100-acre family operation that all started with pick your own fruit and cutting your own Christmas tree. We’ve grown continuously over the years and now throughout the year we offer a variety of locally grown meats and produce, along with seasonal specials. We have a state inspected meat and poultry processing facility. Smokehouse products such as ham, bacon, jerky, summer sausages, and more!  Every since day one we’ve always believed our motto, It Tastes Better From The Farm! *Bacon Testing

Dwelly Farm - Carrie Novak
557 Barre Road  
 978-424-5859
Dwelly Farm is a North County Land Trust property. Although much of the cleared farmland has now reverted to forest, evidence of the land’s agricultural past can be seen in the remaining cleared fields and remnants of old farm equipment that can be seen on some of the trails. North County Land Trust is committed to maintain the viability of the agricultural land by keeping them open. Although there is no demand for their use in agriculture at this time, the land trust’s crop with be a healthy diversity of native pollinator plants that will benefit wildlife.

The property has a diverse mix of pine groves, hemlock forest, early successional birch (and unfortunately Glossy Buckthorn) and open fields. The long-term management goals for the property are to remove the invasive plants and introduce or enhance native plants wherever possible. The land is open for multi-use recreation for all to enjoy. *Invasive identification

Join us for some great summer fun

at

No comments:

Post a Comment