Farm News

Brita, the horse, has been learning to plow the snow and pull a sleigh this winter. We are now looking for horse drawn implements, such as plow, disk, cultivator and mower. Muffin and Bo-peep (the sheep) are healthy and ready to give us the first batch of wool, while chickens supply eggs to the Vermont Semester, our family and neighbors. Our farm plan involves a much bigger garden and addition to the chicken flock, so we can produce all of the eggs for our summer camp.

Brita tries on her new harness crafted by Russ Bigelow (on the right)

Our neighbor Nina Meyerhof, has generously given us the opportunity to use 11 acres of her land (formerly Hearts Bend Camp). This beautiful land has two fields, which will provide us with much needed pasture and garden space. This summer Lynne will be farming and coordinating the farm program with the rest of the staff. Lynne, Thomas and Marcea will apprentice this spring at a biodynamic garden in Pennsylvania with Birgit and Eric Landowne, parents of Maya (Adventures for small people 2005). We are moving towards our goal of having a working farm and our next step will be finding and purchasing farmland adjacent to camp.