New Potatoes are one of our fun crops of early summer.  We usually start harvesting in late June or early July.  In my early farming days, it was a stretch goal to get them in by the Fourth of July, but now we regularly harvest them a week or two ahead of that thanks...

The seasons in New England are truly a roller coaster ride, especially for those of us who make our living with the seasons.  The winter resembles the long slow chug up the first hill, building up kinetic energy for the long breath-taking hurtle down the track, which...

Hannah Robbins of the Wildlands and Woodlands Initiative visited our farm in February. You can listen to her podcast, called Grounded, about her visit below. You can also read her story...

Pig Floyd, the charismatic boar beloved by many, passed away on May 1 after a very long life. Pig Floyd came to Simple Gifts Farm in 2007, as a piglet. Farmer Dave got him from a farmer named Floyd. Really! The name was inevitable. Pig Floyd helped to produce many...

This has been a very trying spring.  Yes, it is a cold spring. and yes, everything is late!  We are moving forward finally on getting some plants in the ground, while also dodging the raindrops and hopefully the last of the snow storms.  We have planted almost a full...