Farming

Challenges new farmers face

"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."  --Denis Waitley. Farmers…

12 years ago

Establishing a New Farm: Where to Start & How to Prioritize

These days nothing is more enticing than the concept of living a life sustained by the land and nature.  Folks…

12 years ago

Establishing a new farm: tools & investments

This is part 2 in our Establishing a New Farm blog-series.  Click here to see part 1: Where to Start…

12 years ago

Innovation, resourcefulness & creativity in farming

This is part 3 in our "Establishing a New Farm" series, you can view part 1 here, and part 2…

12 years ago

Sustainability through the family garden

I managed to set up 2 mini hoop-houses and planted a number of lettuce seedlings, yet April was a cold…

13 years ago

Goat school!

With acreage to reclaim as farm-land and the goals for Runamuk's future in mind, I've signed up for the June…

13 years ago

Clearing brush for the power lines

Last week I met with Jim Cornforth of Madison Electric to determine where exactly the lines for the electricity would…

13 years ago

Maine Maple Sunday!

Keith and I are taking the boys off to the local sugarhouse today in honor of the 30th annual Maine…

13 years ago

Farming in Somerset County

Farming in Maine has a unique connection to the state's history.  Many of Maine's first settlers were farmers whose fields,…

13 years ago

Bootstrap farmers

Well folks it looks like Runamuk will continue to bootstrap it's way into business.  20 years ago we could have…

13 years ago