Category: Farm Blog

It takes some serious teamwork to move our mobile high tunnel greenhouse. The farmers planned to move it over a new plot of crops on the same day that our Farm Camp educators started their staff training. We thought there would be no better way to get know know each other than by using this as a teambuilding exercise! 

Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment increased amount of healthy, local produce distributed to low-income families by 57%; amount of produce sold increased 16%

Be on the lookout for our young orchards on your next visit to the farm. Over the past 3 years we have been diversifying our production by planting fruit trees. We have two orchards on our property: one by the Banter House on the corner of Burnett and Wolfes Neck Road, and the other along our vegetable field. We've committed to developing these spaces for a number of reasons that will benefit visitors, our farm, and the environment. 

Earlier in the week, the farmers hemmed and hawed over the best time to do a frost seeding. Farms typically plan a frost seeding in late February or early March – when the ground thaws and freezes enough to open cracks in the soil – as a way to improve forage on pastures without tilling the soil. By broadcasting the seeds at this time, they'll naturally be incorporated into the soil through movement caused by the temperature fluctuations.  

Whether or not you've been to Wolfe's Neck Center before, the changing seasons bring new life to the farm. Here's what you can expect on your winter visit.

Abby Fortune is a junior at Freeport High School and one of the many teens who have taken part in our Junior Counselors program. We sat down with Abby to learn more about what she took away from her time as a JC.

As of early December, the cows have one of the best views on the Wolfe’s Neck property. A recent renovation of the historic Pote Barn on Wolfe’s Neck Road turned it from a dilapidated underused space, to the new home of our herd of heifers.

A historic barn on a seaside hilltop at Wolfe’s Neck Farm has been brought back to life.

A few weeks ago, nineteen-year-old Cooper walked through a mulched row of the vegetable plot with his gaze wandering.

Written by Tom Prohl, Production Educator for our Teen Ag Program, “Tom Talk” is a weekly feature in our summer CSA newsletter and offers insights on a range of topics regarding our five-acre vegetable plot.