In May we hosted our third annual Redding Road Race ~ A Run For the Cows. More than 800 runners, ages 2-72, dedicated themselves to the Seven-Mile Run, the Half Marathon, and the Mighty Cow Run, and over 100 youngsters joined us for the Piglet Prance around the pastures. Inspiring stories abounded, some people ran in […]
Wow! This has been a great summer for our honey bees. This truly has been a year where the honey bees are a pleasure for all five senses. I love watching the bees as they are coming and going from their hive. I watch for the color of the pollen they are bringing in and […]
Sunlight to electric current! It’s amazing! Photovoltaics (using sunlight to produce electric current) provide an elegant conversion of sunlight to energy with no moving parts and no environmental emissions. As the cost of solar panels decreases, the incentives to use solar energy continue to rise. In keeping with New Pond Farm’s mission statement, to connect […]
Ten years ago, as the issue of Global Climate Change was emerging as a major world-wide problem, I became interested in solar photovoltaics, a carbon free source of electric generation. Clearly, cost was the major deterrent to solar power and the reason it has not been more embraced by the shortsighted US economy. But with […]
Spring on the farm brings thoughts of lambs, chicks, piglets and calves, but how about a hatchling hognosed snake? In early May, eight week old Amélie joined our farm family. Two of our wonderful wildlife care volunteers, Veronica Galban and Natalia Piwko, went to a reptile show and fell for this beautiful 6” captive […]
by Mike Murray, Farm Manager Often, visitors to New Pond Farm will ask where the sheep or cows are located on any particular day. This is because these animals frequently move to different areas of the Farm. We call it rotational grazing, and we use it for proper nutrition, growth and production. Rotational grazing is […]
Wow! What an event this will be! Thanks to the efforts of passionate runner and NPF member John McCleary, and our enthusiastic race committee, Sunday May 6th promises to be a banner day. With early morning start times from 7-8 a.m., 500 runners will head off for the 10K, Half Marathon, and the Mighty Cow […]
by Mike Murray, Farm Manager Manure is a valuable resource and can be quite useful in agriculture practices. A new composting shed has been built at New Pond Farm and is located behind the main farmhouse allowing further management of this important product. It was built following guidelines put in place to protect the environment, […]
Sophia Dupree, a second grade student from Waterside School, wrote about her field trip, “I loved New Pond Farm, so when I’m a second grade teacher I want to bring my class back there.” It’s funny how things work out. Guess what, Sophia? It may actually happen! As a student at Miller School in Wilton, […]
If you have been over to New Pond recently you were sure to notice the charming new Chicken Coop in its new location near the Cow Barn. New Pond Farm’s dedicated Teaching Staff and the Board of Directors agreed that it was time to enhance our educational programs with a coop that was a more […]
