The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/farmingnature/page/9/)
More often than not when I am at Stony Brook Park, I hear the red- bellied woodpecker calling. He is a common woodpecker in these parts, but that was not always the case. As kids, we never laid eyes on one. But over the past few decades, they have expanded their range from the South to include New England, and I am glad of it. He is a handsome bird who confuses folks because he has more red on his head than his belly.
After Hilltop Farm hosted its first public event in the barn in October, along with two private weddings, inquiries about renting the facility have flooded in.
These are melancholy days on the trail. The reptiles and amphibians have hibernated.
My mom grew up not far from here, and her early days flew by as she raced around the brook and crumbling mill in the hollow where she was born.
It was the early 2000s, and Lisa Griffin and husband Jonathan were living in Florida. He was in agricultural sales and she, a science teacher.
The summer is behind us and while many of us aren’t focusing on fitting into that swimsuit, it doesn’t mean we should be “falling” into bad eating habits this fall.
When you get to be my age a big topic of conversation seems to be sleep. No one is getting enough of it, everyone is seeking it out.
Before Glen and Josh Vincent purchased Appleberry Farm at Rising Corner 18 years ago, the father and son team had already concluded they wouldn’t continue growing the pick-your-own fruit trees on the property.
