PROSPECT FARM


We are not your average farmers - if you could even call us that yet.

For some time it has been our goal to live sustainably off the land and now we are going for it! Our intention is to move towards having a household of production, not consumption through starting a multi-generation family farm providing organic vegetables, rustic breads and goat dairy for the local community. Our hope is to someday have our Vermont farm not only be a place to find quality local whole foods, but a community meeting ground to serve as an outlet for wellness, education and leisure for our neighbors.

Although we met in college, we both coincidentally grew up in the same New Hampshire area. Our studies originally focused on art and literature, which today are still huge influences to us, but we were looking for a change. Together we travelled throughout the country and have lived on both coasts, including a big city and an island in Maine. Through our experiences, we learned that we work the best as a partnership day in and day out and that our college studies are not what define us. What is most important to us is the way good “slow” food unites the ones we love.

Through this blog we hope to not only keep a log for ourselves, but also be able to share our stories and thoughts as we embark on this wild journey!


Friday, July 1, 2011

power gets you chicks

Our electricity is finally turned on and it's just in time because our one day old chicks that require a heat lamp have arrived.  Lucky for us there was a trough left in our barn which we adapted into a cozy brooder.  
The other great thing about having power hooked up is morning coffee! We have our coffee maker on top of a mini fridge located in the barn, now called the kitchen.  Also, we have run a 400 ft. extension cord from the barn to our airstream home so we can watch DVDs and use lamps!  Although we still have no bathroom it feels like sophisticated living compared to the previous cooler and headlamps.  



15 Rhode Island Reds and 15 Barred Rocks



A rainbow in Lancaster, NH right after picking up chicks at the Post office.
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