Spring on the Farm
Come join us for this fabulous day on the farm! Free and open to the public, but all donations and proceeds from the seedling sale and bake sale go entirely to the Pineland Fiddler’s trip to Shetland in July! Beck and Cora have been playing violin for over half of their lives, and this trip is an amazing opportunity. Please come by and support them and their fellow fiddlers!
Farm to Fiber.
This year marked the second year of the Boston Farm & Fiber Festival. Last year was so successful, I thought it surely couldn’t get any better. But it did! Between the hours of 10am and 5pm, I all but sold out of yarn. It just about made my mad dyeing scramble two days beforehand worth it. We’ll definitely be back!
March.
Well, as far as we’re concerned, Spring is here. We have 12 lambs on the ground and more to come…all of a sudden it feels as if our tiny barn is even tinier! Our big barn holds the Angora goats, who will be kidding later this month, so the sheep are a wee bit tight for space at the moment. Today began with a beautiful soft March snow…warm enough to spend all day outside in it. The children are no doubt feeling the change as well. They are playing in the woods outside in the dark by lantern light as I type.
I managed to get a few photos during the snow (with much help from my assistants!), which always gives me joy. It puts things in a light that helps me to remember how much I love farming. Some days are hard, but having a single evocative photograph eases the pain of our Border Collie killing one of our two remaining ducks, or stillborn quadruplets, such as we had this morning. The ewe was just too young, and her body couldn’t handle that many babies. They never developed beyond about 2 months. Such things happen, and we suspected she would abort at some point given that she never developed an udder. Grief arrives nonetheless, but is softened by all the life around us.
Christmas on the Farm
We have something very exciting happening here on the farm this Holiday season! The first annual Christmas on the Farm event is going to be a day filled with all kinds of activities; wreath-making workshops, animals, kids crafts, food, giveaways, and goods from local farms! We are honored to be partnering with Taproot Magazine for this special event, and hope it is the first of many!
Location: Mindful Folk Farm, 290 Morse Road, New Gloucester, Maine
We will be joined by:
Buckwheat Blossom Farm, selling all manner of wooly items including socks, yarn, comforters & lambskins.
Milkweed Farm, selling farm-made herbal remedies, seeds, and handmade leather goods.
Coppertail Farm, selling handmade goats milk soaps, caramels, and more!
Lazy Acres Farm, teaching wreath-making workshops and selling handmade wreaths, greens & flowers
Taproot Magazine, selling goods and magazine subscriptions
Turtle Rock Farm, selling amazing specialty canned goods made from Maine grown produce
Mindful Folk Farm, of course! We will be selling yarn, greeting cards, hand-poured beeswax candles, food and more!
Wreath making workshops:
Sign up to learn how to make a stunning 24" fir wreath, 6' garland, or rustic grapevine wreath with Sarah Lutte of Lazy Acres Farm! Create a lovely work of art using foraged and natural materials, adding your own embelishments and decorations under Sarah's watchful eye and guidance. Preregistration required. Follow the links below to sign up!
1:00 - Fir wreath or garland, $60 per person, sign up here
3:00 - Rustic grapevine wreath, $60 per person, sign up here
We will be updating this page throughout the next two weeks with more vendors, and details about what to expect. In the meantime, you can visit the Facebook event page here, or follow us on Instagram for frequent updates!