Rock Island Farm, Orono, Maine

Starting and working a family farm in Maine, near Bangor.

Friday, December 4, 2020

Other resources for hay

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 We have sold out of hay.   Given the hay shortage this year, we are getting an unusual number of calls from people looking for hay, so I wa...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Haven't posted in a long time!    It has been a very busy summer, perhaps because the pandemic pushes one to bring in a bit more hay (n...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Update on hay beds

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Hay bed with young winter squash. This is a semi-permanent hay bed, right after the insect cover was removed this past week.   It is pl...
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Tucking in the baler

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Today, George and I moved the hay baler into the metal garage.   This is always a tricky procedure, because it has to go in slant-wise, bac...
Friday, September 8, 2017

Mulch hay

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We still have hundreds of bales of mulch hay available for sale.  $3/bale at the barn, in good weather.

Broc

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The thing I really like about broccoli (broc) is it keeps on producing.  After the first heads have long since been processed into meal s...
Friday, September 1, 2017

Firewood and cool temps

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 I took these pictures three days ago, but I'm still hauling and stacking.   Keep saying "good exercise" to myself.   Will ...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Mulch hay beds and green beans

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This is a re-building year for the hay beds, after having to "let them go" last year.   I just finished three long beds.   Giv...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Mulch hay

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Mulch hay for sale.  2017 cut.   Stored in barn or under an overhang.   Please contact us to schedule a  time to come by, so we can be su...
Monday, December 26, 2016

2016 going to bed

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Wishing everyone a peaceful and calm end to 2016. We're out of hay until we start haying next season. My sister Cate sent us a ...
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Hetty
Rock Island Farm (RIF) is a small, 62 acre farm in Orono, Maine. We put up hay for sale, and grow vegetables for the family, mostly. My name is Hetty, and my husband is George. As of February 2011, I came home to be the "on-farm" part of the family. In the spring of 2012, I started picking up some part-time winter work off-farm. And...now I'm back home again. In the spring of 2013, George and I became a licensed foster home.
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