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We love New Pond Farm (click here). This is their turtle, Bert. A fascinating creature as you can see…
When a previous post featured bovine bliss (see here) I didn’t imagine it as the first of a series. But these New Pond Farm cows are too happy not to record! Whether these two calves were grooming or lovemaking, they were certainly affectionately enjoying one another with exploratory taste buds! It was interesting to photograph … Read more
With temperatures in the fifties yesterday and today, we are thinking spring with good reason! As the weather here improves quickly, I wanted to slip in these photos I took of snow at New Pond Farm just last week, while at least the calendar still says it’s winter!
I took these photos yesterday as I dropped my daughter off at New Pond Farm. An interesting mixture of sun and clouds, the weather was fascinating. The bottom shot is a beauty! Enjoy…
We’ve enjoyed being part of what New Pond Farm here calls their “shared harvest” program. Other places call the same idea CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture.) We pay a yearly fee based on how much labor we are willing to contribute. Our twelve year old daughter enjoys working in these fields so much that she has … Read more
Does God talk to you? He sure does me. Yesterday I was told to go back in the house for my camera when I was taking my daughter to the farm to drop her off at her chore day for the shared harvest program. I was told explicitly that I’d want it for the cows … Read more
These are New Pond Farm’s sheep and spring lambs. I have knit with their wool… and have many skeins left to do. Gotta love those lambs!
The word rhododendron is my favorite choice for stumping someone at hangman on the back of a diner place mat. This practice dates back to childhood when this word would routinely win me the game Probe. We never had rhododendrons then or now, but my aunt in Michigan used to have an awesome one out … Read more
Last year a church here participated in the Field of Flags project displaying 4,576 flags that represented those fallen at that time in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was very powerful and sobering to see. Check out the other photos below of this and remember what this day is chiefly about, while we enjoy the freedoms, … Read more
Enjoy these photos of spring at New Pond Farm in Redding, CT just before the leaves burst. I love the vividness of the new, wet greens, against rich, fertile earth, the rushing of water, the old weeping cherry, the Canadian geese on their way north, the skunk cabbage, the sound of frogs, the practically fluorescent … Read more
A “Dairy Farm of Distinction,” New Pond Farm’s dairy in Redding, CT is not breaking even. By May 1 they will reduce their herd from 22 cows and four calves to just eight cows. They will still be maintaining their educational programs, but I for one shall miss the cows and the parade of … Read more