March 7, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

Their farm in Lee offers a wide variety of organic vegetables as well as pork, and they use working draft horses!

Wild Miller Gardens

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March 6, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

From the good people of Slow Food Seacoast:

Visit their website for more information about the potlucks!

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February 28, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

We have a major website redesign underway (hurrah!) but in the meantime, if you’d like to get blog posts emailed to you, you can use this! You’ll get the posts emailed to you once a day on days there are posts (so days with no posts, no emails, days with 3 posts, 1 email). You can unsubscribe anytime, and just like our email newsletter, we’ll never share your info with anybody.

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February 26, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

Despite power outages throughout the state, The Winter Farmers’ Market for February 27 at Wentworth Greenhouses in Rollinsford is still on.

If you are without power and would like to go someplace warm and get out of the house for a little while, please come to the market.

More information

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February 23, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

Just in time for CSA Fair Weekend (events in MA, ME, and of course, at the Winter Farmers’ Market on Saturday the 27th with us in Rollinsford) LocalHarvest.org has published their own How to Choose a CSA article.

The first section is an important one, which is, knowing yourself and your relationship to things like vegetables and cooking - and then moving on to details of the relationship for the season, with the good advice to ask a lot of questions, “You’re considering making a major investment: go ahead and ask a lot of questions before you join” 

Go read the full article!

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February 23, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

Sustainable/Organic Agriculture Position

The New Hampshire Farm Museum in Milton, New Hampshire seeks a full time farmer/grower committed to sustainable/organic agriculture.  We are looking for someone with experience and education in the principles of sustainable, organic agriculture to establish this first year, a start-up market garden, care for our heritage breed farm animals and assist with our farm based educational programs.  The right person will be enthusiastic, a hard worker and have completed a minimum of one full season internship on an organic farm. This position in 2010 begins in April and runs through December and has the potential to be a one year renewable position if successful. We seek someone who can bring two acres under cultivation with volunteer support.  BA or Associates Degree required and relevant experience.  The NH Farm Museum offers free housing: a three room apartment in an historic farmhouse, including heat and electric for one person or a couple, no dogs permitted~Kitchen and bathroom are shared with resident intern.  This first year we can offer a base salary of $1000. per month, a farm share, and a share of the net profits from sales of farm products.  Please send: resume with cover letter and names of three references to:  Kathleen Shea, NH Farm Museum PO Box 644, Milton, NH 03851 or email the same to: info@farmmuseum.org

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February 23, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

We’ve been enjoying the honey crisps we got from NH Cider Works at the last market in Exeter (the cider is long gone, this Saturday we’ll have to buy triple!) and can’t wait to buy more this Saturday the 27th in Rollinsford at the Wentworth Greenhouses. Also joining NH Cider Works with more apples with be Merrill Farm from Londondery and Hackleboro Orchards from Canterbury - the surprisingly sweet and snappy taste of these local apples has been a joy to my tastebuds and I’m excited that these orchards are coming our way to share the benefits of their cold storage!

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February 19, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

The Dover Cassily Community Garden will hold a workshop on how to properly prune mature apple trees at the Community Garden on March 8, at 3:30 pm. Pruning experts Bill Lord and Geoffrey Njue, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Strafford County, will lead the hands-on workshop.

Many topics will be discussed, including disease and pest management, how pruning is an important tool in managing diseases, and demonstrations on how to prune apple trees. The workshop will end with workshop participants getting a chance to practice their new pruning skills on any of the 10 apple trees at the garden.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own pruning sheers and/or loppers. For more information please call (603) 749 4445, or email cristy.cardoso@unh.edu or ekaborsa@hotmail.com. Suggested donation: $5.

Directions: From the corner of Chestnut St. and Sixth St. just north of the train station in Dover, take Sixth St. westbound away from town. After 0.5 miles, take a left onto Hillside Dr. Park in the large dirt parking lot on the right near our green shed in the back. We will meet in the parking lot, then take the trail to the garden field for the pruning demonstration.

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February 18, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

Farm Taxes 101: An introduction to farm income taxes
March 22, 2010, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Merrimack County UNH Cooperative Extension
315 Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, NH

Do you cultivate, operate, or manage a farm for profit; either as an owner or at tenant?
A farm includes livestock, dairy, poultry, fish, fruit, and truck farms. It also includes greenhouses and orchards.

UNH Cooperative Extension Professor/Specialist, Agricultural Business Management, Michael Sciabarrasi, will talk you through this workshop, explaining how the federal income tax laws apply to farming. This talk is geared toward beginners to help them organize their records and receipts in preparation for their accountant and tax time. This workshop is not designed or intended to prepare an individual to do their own taxes.

Space is limited so please register ASAP by calling Mary at 796-2151.

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February 18, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

The 4th year! To be held at Southern NH University, March 6, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The conference will focus on pasture management, creating a grazing plan and building soils to increase herd health.

The 4th NH Statewide Grazing Conference will cover land utilization and building soils to increase herd health. Gregg Judy, author of “No Risk Ranching” and “Comeback Farm”, will discuss his success with holistic high density grazing, multi-species and custom grazing on leased land, while Doug Gunnick, author of “Sustainable Farming Guide Book”, will guide folks through the fundamentals of growing grass with animal nutrition and health in mind. Throughout the day, area speakers will lend insight into grazing fundamentals and developing a grazing plan, parasites as they relate to grazing practices, organic feeding systems, and fundamentals of balanced rationing, the benefits and how-to’s of converting your dairy to a pasture-based operation, and fencing fundamentals.

For a brochure listing the day’s events, go to Merrimack Cooperative Extension.pdf

Location:  Southern NH University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, NH, 03106

Register on-line:

For more information: Mary West, mary.west@unh.edu  UNH Cooperative Ext, 603-796-2151.

Contact: Dot Perkins, Extension Program Coordinator, Ag Resources, dorothy.perkins@unh.edu

UNH Cooperative Extension, 315 Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, NH 03303, (603) 796-2151

Sponsored by the Granite State Graziers, the USDA-NRCS,

UNH Cooperative Extension, and the North Country RC&D Council.

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