The Water's Edge

02/09/2025

It's a look! Hair courtesy of last night's snow storm.

02/06/2025

Apparently, our eggs are not immune to shrinkflation *smdh*

01/31/2025

Each day this week, we'll be spotlighting a different local nonprofit that we support as part of our larger mission to make a positive impact in our community, and that we encourage all our followers to support as well. Please consider donating to or joining these great organizations!

Today, we want to spotlight Friends of Woodlands and Waters:

"Friends of Woodlands and Waters is an all volunteer 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports and protects the Assabet River, Oxbow, and Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuges. The Friends work with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and collaborate with other conservation nonprofits in the locales of each of the Refuges, to meet wildlife and biological management objectives, recreational and educational goals, and help with Refuge enhancement and conservation projects."

https://www.woodlandsandwaters.org/get-involved/membership

01/30/2025

Each day this week, we'll be spotlighting a different local nonprofit that we support as part of our larger mission to make a positive impact in our community, and that we encourage all our followers to support as well. Please consider donating to or joining these great organizations!

Today, we want to spotlight the Hop Brook Protection Association:

"The Hop Brook Protection Association is a volunteer non-profit organization focused on preserving and restoring Sudbury’s portion of the Hop Brook waterway, the longest tributary of the Sudbury River. Hop Brook enters Sudbury at Grist Mill Pond, follows Dutton Road through Carding Mill and Stearns Mill Pond, turns east and runs between Hudson and Pratts Mill Roads to Peakham Road, turns southeast and cuts under Union Ave, crosses Rt. 20 at Station Road, joins with Wash Brook under Landham Road, and continues east to drain into the Sudbury River."

https://hopbrook.org/donate

01/29/2025

Each day this week, we'll be spotlighting a different local nonprofit that we support as part of our larger mission to make a positive impact in our community, and that we encourage all our followers to support as well. Please consider donating to or joining these great organizations!

Today, we want to spotlight the Sudbury Historical Society:

"The Sudbury Historical Society is dedicated to bringing the rich history of the Sudbury Plantation into the lives and activities of the people of Sudbury. As a non-profit organization, the society depends on donations of time, money and artifacts from our members, citizens and businesses in Sudbury, as well as from people around the country who support our mission."

http://www.sudbury01776.org

01/28/2025

Each day this week, we'll be spotlighting a different local nonprofit that we support as part of our larger mission to make a positive impact in our community, and that we encourage all our followers to support as well. Please consider donating to or joining these great organizations!

Today, we want to spotlight Sudbury Valley Trustees:

"Sudbury Valley Trustees works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers."

https://www.svtweb.org

01/27/2025

Each day this week, we'll be spotlighting a different local nonprofit that we support as part of our larger mission to make a positive impact in our community, and that we encourage all our followers to support as well. Please consider donating to or joining these great organizations!

Today, we want to spotlight The Wayside Inn Foundation:

"The Wayside Inn is a nonprofit charitable Massachusetts corporation created in 1944 to own, operate, and maintain The Wayside Inn Historic Site, a campus of nine historic buildings on more than 100 acres. Its mission promotes early American humanities through hospitality, education, and programming, and continues an innkeeping tradition dating back to 1716. The site provides an opportunity for visitors from near and far to gather, engage, and find meaning, relevance, and inspiration through a place-based exploration of history."

https://www.wayside.org/support

01/21/2025

Enjoying our first solid snow of the winter over here at The Water’s Edge ❄️
Stay warm out there, friends!

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays!!

12/23/2024

Happy Holidays! If you are in need of last minute gifts, we have a limited quantity of honey from this year's harvest still available. It makes a perfect stocking stuffer! It is available for $12 per 8oz jar. We have included the usual description below. Simply message us if you are interested!

Three Dog Honey is small-batch, raw, unfiltered honey. Raw means that the honey is bottled without being heated. Bottling the honey raw maintains its antimicrobial qualities. Unfiltered refers to the method of straining honey after it has been extracted from the hive. Nancy uses a fine mesh strainer to remove most of the wax, but the strainer allows small bits of pollen to remain in the honey. Every pound of honey harvested requires forager honey bees to visit two million blossoms, right here in our neighborhood!

11/19/2024

Photos from our most recently completed fencing project! If you can't tell what's newly installed, that's intentional! The new owner of this historic farm in Sudbury is in the process of rehabilitating the property and had us use existing excess split rail stock she discovered on site to complete the project and have the "new" fencing blend in to the old. It was a fun challenge and a beautiful property to work on.

11/15/2024

Thank you to PS Tree Service for removing three dead trees from our paddocks!

11/05/2024

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10/31/2024

Happy Halloween!

10/28/2024

Had a great time hosting a local girl scout troop again this past weekend (this was the second year in a row we have hosted)! Once again, the scouts were extremely bright and learned a lot about the farm, chickens, horses, and beekeeping. Thanks so much to the troop leaders, our boarders, and beekeeper for helping make the event a success!

10/10/2024

If you live in Sudbury and are considering a fall delivery of our composted manure, please reach out to us in the next few weeks. We will be fulfilling several orders later this fall while supply lasts and there are savings to "stacking" these deliveries since the cost of preparing and cleaning the equipment involved can be spread across multiple invoices. As a reminder, our composted manure is free to pick up and the labor for delivery is invoiced at our standard contracting rate of $70 per hour (each delivery typically takes an hour or so and averages at about a yard of compost). Our compost is unscreened and comprised mostly of horse manure that has been allowed to decompose with other organic matter, and we never use any artificial chemicals, fertilizers, or insecticides on the property, rendering a rich, natural fertilizer perfect for gardens, plantings, yards, etc. that is best when turned over at approximately a 50/50 ratio with existing or delivered topsoil. We can drop it at any location that can be accessed by truck or tractor with a 5-foot wide berth.

09/24/2024

For the past few years, we have partnered with Nancy Mulford, local beekeeper and owner of Three Dog Apiary, in a pilot program hosting honey bee hives on our property. After lots of hard work (on her and the bees part!) and a very productive year, we have a second limited batch available after last fall's first harvest! Three Dog Honey is small-batch, raw, unfiltered honey. Raw means that the honey is bottled without being heated. Bottling the honey raw maintains its antimicrobial qualities. Unfiltered refers to the method of straining honey after it has been extracted from the hive. Nancy uses a fine mesh strainer to remove most of the wax, but the strainer allows small bits of pollen to remain in the honey. Every pound of honey harvested requires forager honey bees to visit two million blossoms, right here in our neighborhood! Nancy has generously made these available as part of our fundraising efforts to complete our chicken coop restoration project, which is on track to be completed by the end of the year. Anyone giving $25 or more will automatically receive a jar while supplies last - you can contribute online here: https://www.thewatersedge.org/support. Thank you to those who have already given - we will be circulating a progress update later this month.

09/07/2024

We are again accepting volunteers of all ages and skill levels to help with farm chores and stable work. The commitment can start at as little as an hour a week with very flexible timing that can work around almost any schedule, and provides an excellent outdoor learning opportunity for anyone looking for more exposure to horses or farms and stables in general. After completing service, we are also able to serve as a reference for future volunteering, employment, or educational programs, and sometimes qualify for credit with certain youth and volunteer organizations. Please feel free to spread the word!