Carol 5-28-2021
Welcome to the first edition of Eggbreak. The name is a takeoff on a local e-publication called Daybreak which is a daily update on life in NH through one man’s eyes. It’s our way of keeping you all updated on what’s new at the farm and what we’ve been up to lately. It’ll contain stories about the happenings at the farm, some educational, some funny, no doubt some sad, but all in the spirit of making our farm real to you. I hope you enjoy these updates.
As you might imagine, it’s been a busy week at the farm and we’re all very excited about the Sunapee Farmers Market which makes its debut tomorrow (eek) Saturday, May 29 in the harbor area of Sunapee, NH! We’ll be selling our fresh eggs, small plants and greeting cards with photography by Scott Niemyer (of Nature’s Palette). More to come as our produce matures (or even gets planted!).
The landscape at the farm changes daily – literally and figuratively. Our rhododendrons on the farm continue their succession of bloom creating an ever changing palette of beauty. The parade of color started a few weeks ago with the PJMs (purple), then the April Gems (white), followed by the Olgas (hot pink), with Henry’s Red (bet you can guess) just opening up as you can see in this picture.
The physical landscape is changing as well, as the road to the livestock barn has been graded and packed, the roadsides shaped and smoothed, and finally a coating of hydro-seed was being applied as I left the farm yesterday afternoon. Now all we need is a misting rain to get the grass seed going. Looks like we’ll get some rain this weekend but hopefully not like the deluge we had on Wednesday!
Another change is the apiary (bee yard)! Scott did a great job building a secure area with electric fencing to keep our resident bear (skunks and raccoons) away from the bees and the honey. No honey at the Farmers Market this year, as we have to give the hives a chance to get settled into their new home. The bees arrive next week, so Scott and I have been furiously learning how to be around bees, what to look for and how to care for them courtesy of the hands on workshops with the Kearsarge Beekeepers Association. This is a group of very friendly bee nuts, who are willing to share all they know. Pictures of us in our bee suits will be forthcoming and no, we’re not going to the moon!
That’s it for this edition of Eggbreak. Hope to see you all at the Sunapee Farmers Market and in the meantime, be well and keep on cracking!
Carol, Mike, Scott, Charlie and Pip