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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Friends, family and neighbors--It has rained like crazy here, one-tenth of a biblical scale flood, I calculate. Also, Tyler and Seth had another fun, engaged, and profitable concert--this time at the Down East Country Dance Festival in Topsham, ME. We're still...
A Pregnant Pause
After a long absence, I return to give you good tidings of great joy: Seth and I are pregnant! The baby's coming sometime around the end of September, and we are SO EXCITED. Absolutely thrilled. Here is me in the greenhouse back at Chris and Jonny's place eating...
Pig Politics
In response to those who miss the pig-slaughtering pictures, I apologize. The "Vegetarians Beware" entry was deleted in my absence due to complaints from disturbed readers, and the text is now lost in the ether of cyberspace and our memories.This seems like a good...
Outhouse Relocation Campaign
This is a pretty self-explanatory set of photos, but the background is: we are using our slightly ailing Ford 8N, Polly, to move our shiny new outhouse to its final resting place.Loading the outhouse on the forks.She didn't tip forward on her nose...but she did stall...