It’s been a slow start this spring, due to the cool, damp, dark weather pattern – but things have started to shift, and our crops are really growing now! Here’s a quick photo update from the field (and greenhouses)!
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Magnificent Microgreens!
We are gearing up and getting excited to get started in the greenhouse in the next week or two! Microgreens will be one of the first batches of seeds to be sown and are typically one of the first greens we have available each spring. In case you aren’t familiar with them or haven’t taken […]
A Year on the Farm: Favorite Images from 2018
Join us as we look back at the year in pictures! As we begin another growing season on the farm, we pause to reflect on all that transpired in 2018 — from significant moments to daily routines. Henry the puppy clearly loves farm life! Big and little. Amber sowing trays of onions […]
Getting Herbaceous for Years to Come
The Stout Oak Farm crew got down to business last fall, cultivating sleeping soil, dividing up some gorgeous flower and herb crowns, and taking steps to begin the transformation of bare ground near our “Big House” hoophouse to establish our new perennial herb garden! We’re looking forward to our 2019 “To-Do” list with the addition […]
2019 Spring Plant Sale News: 11 new varieties to order this year!
Are you dreaming of planting a big beautiful vegetable garden this year? Let us help you get off to a great start! We are excited to offer eleven new varieties on our 2019 Organic Vegetable Seedling preorder form. We’ve chosen to include some unique varieties to complement our other tried and true offerings from years […]
Growing season 2019! Organic seeds are our start
Well it’s a new year and time to start gearing up for another growing season! We are reviewing what crops we grew last year and deciding what we’d like to grow for the next. At our side are the 2019 seed catalogs of all our favorite organic seed growers and sellers, High Mowing, Johnny’s, Fedco, among […]
Stout Oak Farm on NH Chronicle!
Back in September, NH Chronicle visited the farm to film our crew as part of an episode on women farmers in New Hampshire. The episode aired last week, and we’re excited to share it! Did you know that there are over 3,000 women farmers in New Hampshire — that’s over 42% of all of the […]
Soil health, a topic that is here to stay
One past chilly Sunday in March, farmers from all over New Hampshire came to participate in the annual NH NOFA winter conference in Concord, NH.( NOFA = National Organic Farmers Association). This annual convergence of organic farmers and others involved in the local organic food system is a place to learn about what is “hot” […]
Winter farm planning
As we get ready to ramp up seeding in the greenhouse, we thought we’d let you know a bit of what we have been up to these past few months. Winter is much more than a time of hibernation at Stout Oak Farm; it wasn’t just snuggling with Henry the new farm puppy….really. As the […]
A Year on the Farm: Favorite Images from 2017
As we begin another growing season on the farm, we took a look back at the past year in pictures. It’s a great way to remind ourselves how much we have to look forward to in the year ahead! […]