Farmden de Marmon

08/29/2024

A pretty Little Grey Tree Frog perched perfectly on the paw paw while the bumblebees pass out in the passionflower

08/12/2024

Please inform yourselves about this invasive insect. I saw my first one in MA yesterday and was able to kill it.

https://mtcubacenter.org/the-life-cycle-of-the-spotted-lanternfly/

08/12/2024

Every year we find new creatures we haven’t seen in the 13 years we’ve been here. This year we have seen more amphibians than before - toads and frogs for the first time. A very good sign that healing is taking place.

08/12/2024

4 persimmons this year. Fingers crossed they don’t get knocked off like last year

06/05/2024

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06/03/2024

Strawberries with a side of strawberries with a side of strawberries 😂

We may need to balance these out a little

05/29/2024

So much happening here in the past few weeks! Strawberries are coming in fast.

05/18/2024

Lots of stuff happening every day over here. Sweet Sicily is ready for the kids to enjoy, apples are just beginning to swell, and all of the work we put in last year is starting to show in our border gardens.

05/03/2024

Program Start Date: April 30, 2024
Age Group: 14 – 19 years
Program Duration: April 30 – June 6, 2024
Schedule: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: 1 Federal St (Springfield Technology Park), Building 101, 3rd Floor East Tele-classroom

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05/02/2024

Every year there’s something new that we haven’t seen on this land. Today, this little guy hung out while I weeded. Yesterday it was morels.

05/02/2024

Springtime mushrooms in the raspberry patch. Including a morel, which we are taking as a sign that we are officially an orchard 😂

03/16/2024

08/14/2023

Our kids held a yard side sampling of produce from the Farmden and collected donations for Dakin Humane Society. We will hand deliver it on Wednesday. The kids were so excited.

08/14/2023

First year we have passion fruit on our maypop! We bought another variety this year to pollinate our 3 year old vine and it worked!

08/13/2023

Cornelian cherries are great this year. If you eat these before they are ripe, they are pretty unpalatable. But when you see that deep red and a little wrinkling at the stem, you know it’s time. They remind me of Christmas bulbs when hanging on the tree. This plant is in the dogwood family and if you look at the leaves, you can see the signature dogwood leaves.

08/13/2023

Our blackberries really came in this year!

08/13/2023

Our first fig!!!

06/23/2023

Some recent photos of what’s happening here

05/20/2023

Lots of stuff happening in May! Fruit is starting to form on our young apple trees. We split our rhubarb to let it grow in a few places. Our blueberries are coming along. Lots of mulch to help make new beds for more food plants.

05/20/2023

Just documenting what went where this year