by North Branch Farm | May 25, 2013 | Blog
I keep looking over at the stove to see why there’s a pot boiling, and it turns out to be, in fact, the rain driving against the kitchen windows. This is new in that for most of the last week we have not had wind with our rain–it’s old in that we...
by North Branch Farm | May 14, 2013 | Blog
In the small, everyday conversations of life at this time of year, lots of people ask each other, “How’s your spring going?” and this year more so than ever before I find myself honestly responding with “Really busy. And really good.” ...
by North Branch Farm | Apr 20, 2013 | Blog
Someday, when I create a farm calendar, the months will be: January, February, March, Apple, May, etc…and happily, as of today, bench grafting of apples (and some minor amounts of other fruit trees) is complete. Below you will find Elsie’s photo tutorial...
by North Branch Farm | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog
The fury of spring, days longer than nights, warmer weather, and awakening earth are all upon us. Right now you can assume that there is an inverse relationship between the amount of new blogging about the farm and the amount of new projects on the farm. Our new...
by North Branch Farm | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog
It looks like winter may be going out with a bang (or plop) this year, with Winter Storm Ukko predicted to bring us 8-12 inches of snow over the next couple of days. We have just a few residual patches of snow at this point, but they haven’t shrunk over the...
