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
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Making hay reminds me of the picture book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." As in, if you want to make hay, you're going to need a side-delivery rake:And if you need a side-delivery rake, you're going to need a forecart to hook it to:And if you want to pull the...
CSA and Hopefully Potable Water
Unfortunately, no photo for CSA boxes on week 1.CSA box week 2:Spinach, head lettuce, walking onions, garlic scapes, parsley, and radishes.Here, Seth is digging a trench from the new well to the house with the Kioti tractor and his own strong back--multiple cave-ins...
New Arrivals
Well, I experienced long minutes of frustration on the new blog host and decided that maybe later I will venture again into the wordpress realm, but for now we'll stick with the tried and true (and reliably speedy) blogspot. Sorry for the long absence, but despite so...
New Blog Host
Dear Faithful Readers,I have moved the North Branch Farm blog to http://northbranchfarm.wordpress.com/ and am trying to figure out how this new host works. I don't think the blog will be disappearing from here any time soon but new entries will go up on the wordpress...