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

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

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

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

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.

November 2024 Edition

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