The Healing Nature of Goats

I was raised in my great grandfather’s old farm house. He was born in my bedroom. Farming was his whole life. He raised sheep and chickens, and made hay. Lambs View Article

A Life on Chesuncook Lake

Being the fourth generation to live and earn a living in the outdoors in Maine, the state is dear to my heart. Logging runs in our veins. Logging was a View Article

Cows for life

Eden Farm is located in Athens, which always gets responses of “huh?”, so I usually have to add “north of Skowhegan”. I grew up here, and while I spent some View Article

The Happy Pigs of Putnam Hill Farm

My husband and I were both born and raised in Maine, and I have lived in Washington, Maine my entire life, just outside the village. My husband moved here when View Article

We The People farm in Canaan

Over the years, We The People farm has done hay and has two large chicken barns. My grandparents had Texas Longhorns, chickens and even ostriches at one point! There was View Article

Bubar Brother Potatoes

My husband Tom and his brother Fred owned and operated Bubar Brothers Potatoes for many years. They were born and raised in Fort Fairfield. Not only were they brothers, but View Article

The Beauty of Timber Frames

Home is the soul and center of our homestead in Woolwich, Maine. This is where I am most relaxed, at peace, and nurture my family. I began my building journey View Article

plants in Maine to forage in fall edible plants in the Maine Woods to forage in fall bunchberry and peat moss in maine

Vibrant edible plants in Maine to forage in fall

The stark contrast and unending succession of the seasons in Maine has always intrigued me. Everything changes so quickly. Enjoy the vivid autumn colors in unexpected places as you look View Article

Javier and Pablo

Javier and Pablo are our donkeys and they love it when I talk about them. My partner and I were both born in Maine, and started our farm in 2020 View Article

Tucking in Permaculture Beds for Winter

For me, tucking in my permaculture beds for winter starts with digging up the roots I use for food, drink and medicine. Once the roots are drying, I move on View Article

The Advantages of a Swing Mill

Like any self-respecting, self-sufficient Mainer, I have always wanted a sawmill (and a tractor, 40 acres, a big truck, a big barn, etc.). We all have different priorities when collecting View Article

Abandonment Photography by Arend Thibodeau

Golden Hour A poem by Arend Thibodeau The sun touches the horizon Sending colors into the sky. Crimson and violet, beauty That cannot sustain. The golden glory Fades away We View Article

Exploring and Rabbit-Holing Over Abandoned Farms

I study maps; old and new, researched news articles, looked into property taxes, and driven aimlessly for hours, over many miles in search of special places, only to find so View Article

Eolian Homestead in Oakland, Maine

There are so few things not to love about the last weeks of summer leading up to the first days of autumn here at the Eolian Homestead in Oakland, Maine. View Article

The Rich History of a Farm with an A-Frame Barn

Nestled at the farthest edge of a quiet road in Maine, an abandoned farm stands still, its origins dating back to the late 1700s. The property, as recounted by a View Article

little lamb sheep from love birds farm in Maine

For the love of sheep

Darren and I started Love Birds Farm in 2017 in Vassalboro with the goal of being self sustainable while supporting the community. We are regenerative farmers, growing seasonal vegetables, laying View Article

ghost pipe in Maine. Is ghost pipe a plant? Is Indian pipe Ghost pipe? What do they call Indian pipe plant now?

Ghost pipe also known as Indian pipe and it’s many uses

Dive deep into the shady underbelly of Maine’s forests where ghost pipe, Monotropa uniflora, lurks as a devious freeloader, sapping life from innocent trees via fungal middlemen. Don’t be fooled by its eerie, ethereal glow; this perennial predator thrives in the dark, pilfering nutrients without a hint of photosynthesis. A touch of mystique surrounds its limited culinary and medicinal applications—handle with care, if you dare.

Maine Homestead Magazine