Welcome To North Branch Farm
We are a family-owned and -run, mixed tractor-, hand- and horse-powered, MOFGA-certified organic farm located on 330 acres of fields and woodland in Monroe, Maine. Currently we specialize in producing grass-fed beef, u-pick highbush blueberries, seed garlic, apples, pears, and potted and bare-root fruit trees.
Farm Blog
keep up with recent happenings on our farm by subscribing to our blog!Mission Orchard Accomplished.
Some of you may know we spent last weekend tucking hundreds (440-ish, to be more specific) of fruit trees, mainly apple with some pears and cherries thrown in, into the brand new North Branch Orchard. The week preceding orchard-fest was a marathon of using, breaking,...
April Fool’s and beyond
Friends, Neighbors and Family! Three short weeks ago, on April 1st, 2012, the Gawler parents arrived to set us and our barn roof straight. Equipped with safety gear of all kinds, they inspired us (once again!) to be more cautious on the job--and more lighthearted--as...
Alliums
Our first March snowstorm (of two so far) About two weeks ago we seeded our entire 2012 crop of onions and leeks in the annual edition of the North Branch Minifarm. Anna seeding leeks Minh filling the water tub Leek seeds in their mini trenches We have over eighty...
Cow World Hay-Day
Hello friends, farmers, and eaters far and wide!There's much to catch up on for the last couple of months. Life on the farm is good, but what has gotten us this far, you might wonder?On the Cow Front: These days I say the cows are all Home on the Range. We had many...