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Farm Stay Updates:

Something new is always happening at Weatherbury Farm!

Our March 2008 Moos is now online in PDF format. To keep up with the freshest news from the farm, sign up for our newsletter above.

We opened on March 15th for our 17th season. We now have four baby lambs we are bottle feeding. We continue to bottle feed usually into the fall (as long as the lambs will drink). There is one sheep from a couple of years ago who still comes prancing up to the fence when she sees us with bottles for the babies.

The Rhode Island Red Chicks that arrived on the farm in August have joined the flock. The flock is doing a tremendous job of laying eggs. New in the chicken coop: we are recycling newspaper & junk mail by shredding it and using it for bedding.

Runner duck ducklings arrived at the farm in May and new chicks (Araucanas that lay the wonderful blue, green and pink eggs) and will arrive at the farm in late June. The baby guineas (keets) that arrived last fall are all "grown up" and delighting our guests with their antics.

New calves and lambs are appearing daily on the farm. We lamb/calve in sync with nature when the grass is green as this puts less stress on the animals.

Even with the late start, our garden did very well last year. This year we will be increasing the garden by 100%. To keep up with the weeds (which are threatening to overtake the garden with all the rain in the past several weeks), Marcy will be working in one of our gardens most mornings before breakfast. Guests are invited to join her. This year, we started over 400 vegetables and flowers in pots made from newspaper and are currently planting them out. Many of the flowers will be used to attract beneficial insects which prey on insects which harm the vegetables -- should make for a delightful garden. Other flowers will find their way to our other gardens. Our 2008 vegetable garden is laid out and we have started planting ( a bit delayed because of rototiller problems and rain).

Last year expecting the first frost, Nigel & Marcy canned 120 pounds of tomatoes over the weekend of October 13/14. This was their first canning experience and they had a great time. As the season proceeds, we will be canning the produce from the garden and invite guests to help.

Over 1000 children are now Weatherbury Farm Kids! Our Weatherbury Farm Kids Program is a great way for your children, grandchildren, nieces and/or nephews to learn about life on the farm.

One of the questions we get most often is "Are my children the right age for the farm?" The answer is that all children are the right age -- of course, different age groups take away different experiences from the farm. The most heard question from children is "Can't we stay just one more night?"

Our pool opened for the summer season on Memorial Day Weekend. Even the first two weekends, when the weather was brisk, the pool saw a lot of activity. (Marcy watched while wearing her long johns!) Now that we have jumped headfirst into summer with temperatures in the 90's and high humidity it is super popular.

Read about the awards we've received or available publications. You may also want to check out what the media has to say about Weatherbury Farm.

If you're interested in what's been happening on the farm in the past, our "Weatherbury Moos" for 2005, 2006 and 2007 are now on-line in PDF format.

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