Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 04/11/2016 – 4:06pm Creating this wall of logs made for some really hot coals. A wood fire in the backyard is one of my favorite ways to cook. If you plan to have a campfire with friends, why not make use of the heat? It takes a little bit […]
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Keeping up with the grants
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 03/23/2015 – 1:56pm We at The Land Connection love a good story, especially when it’s true. This year’s Farm Beginnings course let us welcome yet another stellar class of beginning farmers to the farm, and among them were Tony and Danielle Grant of Danvers. Tony Grant and his family started […]
Let’s be stubborn
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 09/29/2015 – 9:50am This week, Pope Francis visited the United States and continued to breathe hope into an institution that had become increasingly fixated on social issues while also fighting publicly with its own demons. The pope has seized his role back from that of administrator and figurehead to […]
Meet Shea Belahi, our first incubator farmer!
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 03/11/2014 – 10:12am Shea Belahi talks about vegetables the way some people talk about their fellow humans. “Each variety has a name, a story, and great flavor,” she says. “It’s easy to have people connect with their food through the history of the varieties of vegetables we grow.” She’s […]
My Farm Dream
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 04/01/2014 – 9:25am Over the melon field at Broadturn Farm, Scarborough, ME. Traditionally speaking, I’ve never been a farmer. The title implies land ownership, independence, and ruggedness. Having never been a land owner or numero uno on a farm and certainly having never cut a rugged figure, I didn’t […]
My seed nursery
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Thu, 12/25/2014 – 10:43pm My plant set-up, in its current state as a home for some tender refugees from the winter. For the first time in years, I spent most of the 2014 growing season in the office instead of on a farm. However, a farmer doesn’t fade so easily. […]
