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There’s no sign or address posted, but you can see a greenhouse peeking out from the road. The Walpole farm winds back behind the property on a nondescript road. Bruce Bickford has been tending to this farm for more than 15 years but has been farming for many more years. He now has help from…
Nestled in Keene, New Hampshire is Archway Farm, where they make “local, sustainable, delicious pork…. [and are] … A small family farm raising happy, healthy pigs in a natural environment” as per the farm’s website.
I visited the farm on a cool, but sunny, day. Right away, I met Chris Connolly, and I had the delight of seeing the dairy cows getting milked. Two of the cows had days-old calves nearby.
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Q: I am going on a two-week vacation this summer and don't have anyone available to water my vegetable garden. If there is no rain for two weeks will all my vegetables die? What can I do to prevent them from wilting and dying?
Raising chickens, both hens and roosters is a family project at the Ashley Naglie’s home in Hancock, New Hampshire. But what sets this family apart from your typical barnyard bird lovers is their dedication to rehabilitating rowdy roosters. Here at Moose Brook Farm roosters learn not to atta…
The townspeople of New London have more than just a beautiful garden behind their library — it’s a historical landmark. The Garden at Tracy Library was designed and built in 1926 by a famous landscape architectural firm, the Olmsted Brothers, which designed many high-profile projects, many o…
Locally crafted, orchard-based ciders from Farnum Hill Ciders in Lebanon, New Hampshire, can add a bit of sparkle to your holiday tables this year — but please, don’t confine your consumption to special occasions!
Alongside the Souhegan River in Milford, New Hampshire, runs a hillside orchard with nearly 10 acres of apple trees and a vibrant vegetable farm nestled just below. The picturesque property is the home of McLeod Orchards, a family-run farm that attracts visitors from all over New England.
He may have been one of the “Madmen,” but Bob Askey is no longer pitching advertising ideas to clients, but creating art for an appreciative audience. However, there’s still a bit of the ad man in him, as his artwork is based on concepts.
The Hodge Family of Echo Farm Puddings produces premium puddings on their 70 cow dairy farm in Hinsdale, NH. Most of their puddings are named after a favorite bovine. For instance, Miracle’s Chocolate Pudding is named after Miracle, a cow born seven weeks premature who grew into a strong, he…
There’s a little town in southwest New Hampshire along the Vermont border and the Connecticut River that could easily be the setting for a child’s dream on a crisp night, just before dawn and the first snowfall. Hot cocoa, chocolate mice with ribbon tails, bouquets of the season’s last Black…
It sounds like a dream: Running a business you’re passionate about, with your beloved spouse, from your own country home, where you get to spend plenty of time watching your young child grow.
Pick a sunny summer afternoon with a slight breeze. Make sure you have a hankering for home-baked bread and local meats and cheeses; or maybe you’ve got to stock up on oils, ointments, candles and bug repellents — all made locally.
The future of New England’s family farms is a tough topic and one that’s at the forefront for folks invested in agriculture. As farmers with existing operations age and prepare for retirement, they’re faced with the question of how to pass on their legacy.
In each of our small, New Hampshire towns, there is at least one road that become so mucked up with mud in spring that everyone avoids it. But there’s one such road in Mason that travelers will take at any time of year, even abandoning their cars and walking the final half mile if need be. I…
Pickity Place is a shop and restaurant in Mason, New Hampshire, that first opened its doors in 1976 by owners Judith and David Walter. How their dream became a reality is beautifully captured by their daughter, Wendy Walter, in her book “Being ‘Pickity.’”
There is something incredibly satisfying about cooking outdoors, and “The Clever Camper Cookbook” strives to make that experience even better. Co-authors Megan Winter-Barker and Simon Fielding spent two months traveling in their campervan and their cookbook “is designed to help you maximize …
Jason Little had canoed and paddled numerous rivers in Canada by the time he and some friends rolled through a 600-mile stretch of the Kazan River that ended for them at the hamlet of Baker Lake in 2008.
Twenty-five years ago, a notice in a church bulletin caught the eye of New London resident Marc Clement. A child psychologist and Colby-Sawyer College professor at the time, Clement felt he had a lot to offer as a volunteer for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Hampshire.
When staring at the big blue world of possibilities after they retired in 2008 and moved to Keene 2010, Bob and Carol Hill were certain of two things: They wanted to do some good — and they wanted to do it together.
Sometimes when a person dies, the only hint that they existed on this earth is the name etched on their headstone. That doesn’t sit right with Sandy Sliviak. So, as a volunteer with the Historical Society of Cheshire County, she has spent the past five years photographing and cataloging grav…
Swirling golden specks on black paper may not seem like the makings of earrings, a pin or barrette. However, for someone like Gail McWilliam Jellie, craftswoman in Claremont, New Hampshire, this is where her pieces begin: on paper.
Miriam Carter of Dublin, New Hampshire, has been making felt hats for some 30 years. Could it be that felt is in her bones? Perhaps it’s in her genes.
Jaffrey is the kind of small town that could fall under the “blink-and-you-might-miss-it” heading. You roll in on a state highway, NH 124, that’s dressed as a backroad. Main Street keeps the typical New England green with gazebo on the left and that one stoplight at the intersection on the f…
Picture this: Your neighbor strolls down the street to the local hardware store to pick up a piece for an antique lamp. While he’s there, he has a chat with the owners about this and that and troubleshoots the wonky behavior of his lawnmower. It might sound like a scene straight out of a TV …
When it’s chocolate-making time at My Brigadeiro in Hanover, New Hampshire, the machine kicks on, and the smell of chocolate is everywhere.
“It’s empowering,” Peter Constant says of the real-time relationship between restaurant owners and their customers.
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