Knotweed: The Day of the Triffids
Here in the late Spring, we’ve begun our annual battle to contain a verdant bed of Japanese Knotweed. Of all of the hours I spend...
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Joe Foran
- May 6
- 2 min
Musings on Spring
Parker Palmer wrote this about Spring: Â "I will wax romantic about spring and its splendors in a moment, but first there is a hard truth...
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Joe Foran
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Nature’s Early April Fools Prank
We had a disappointingly dry winter, receiving just ten percent of our normal snowfall from November through late February. There was no...
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Nancy Foran
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Sounds of Spring
We all have visual cues that herald the coming of Spring. Perhaps you look for snowdrops and crocuses sprouting. I always thrill at...
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Joe Foran
- Feb 7
- 2 min
AND SO IT BEGINS AGAIN
In February, an old man’s fancy turns to thoughts of – the maple sap run… It’s that time again. We’re into the classic cycle of...
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Nancy Foran
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Three Dogs in the Snow
As many of you know, we have three dogs here at Little Farm. We have had them all since they were puppies. Our oldest is Chloe who will...
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Nancy Foran
- Dec 5, 2023
- 2 min
The Night Tree
The first Christmas of COVID, we started a new holiday tradition here at Little Farm. Our daughter, Heather, suggested that we do a...
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Nancy Foran
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
Winter Wakeup Calls
For me, November 1st has always been the first wakeup call that winter is fast approaching. When I take our three dogs out in the morning...
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Joe Foran
- Oct 4, 2023
- 2 min
A Visit to LaLaLand...
Nancy and I were just out in Oakland, California visiting our youngest son, his wife, and our brand-new two month-old granddaughter(!) ...
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Nancy Foran
- Aug 31, 2023
- 3 min
Ten Things I Love About Little Farm
I have been visiting our newest granddaughter, Raia, in California. She is about 6 weeks old. She is beautiful – and just perfect –...
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Joe Foran
- Jun 29, 2023
- 2 min
THE PULL OF PLACE
Last week, I traveled to Hallnburg; a little town northwest of Munich in Germany, for a global meeting of organizational coaches (my day...
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Joe Foran
- May 22, 2023
- 2 min
In Praise of Dandelions (and Support for "No-Mow May")
Here at Little Farm, late May and even into June is the high season for dandelions. Beginning mid-month, those familiar bright round...
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Joe Foran
- Apr 17, 2023
- 2 min
AND THAT'S A WRAP!
April 17, 2023 One of the joys of making maple syrup is tying oneself so closely to the seasons. You can't make syrup if you aren't...
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Joe Foran
- Apr 17, 2023
- 2 min
TWO TRAMPS IN MUDTIME
April 5, 2023 Spring in Maine is like being on a weather rollercoaster. Mark Twain put it one way when he said, ““If you don't like...
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Joe Foran
- Mar 27, 2023
- 2 min
THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT
Earlier this month, I was taking one of our puppies out for an evening stroll in our side yard and realized that a full moon had risen. ...
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Joe Foran
- Mar 15, 2023
- 1 min
Report from the Syrup Geek
This has been an interesting year for maple syrup so far. (Yes, some of us do think a lot about such things...) We have produced light...
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Joe Foran
- Mar 2, 2023
- 1 min
More like Vermont than Maine!
After a long dry spell, it has been snowing and snowing - and snowing these last weeks in the Western Maine foothills. For the past two...
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Joe Foran
- Feb 18, 2023
- 2 min
Spring in Maine
At Little Farm, three weeks ago the snow gauge in our side yard recorded 19 inches of snow on the ground, and we were enduring a weekend...
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Joe Foran
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
All the Taps are Out... Looking Forward to 2023
So, the 2022 maple syrup season has officially ended at Little Farm. Looking long-term, we see no period of well below-freezing nights...
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Joe Foran
- Apr 20, 2022
- 3 min
NenawBozhoo and Real Maple Syrup
Though we have no written accounts detailing who invented maple syrup, we do know that Native American tribes were enjoying the sweet...
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