Category Archives: About the Farm

Sweet Rose Farm is enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program and one of our practices is moving animal feeders on a monthly basis to avoid compaction and to spread animal manure to different areas of the farm.  Here Tea is … Continue reading →

I was down at Ivan’s Sugar Shack watching the maple water entering the holding tank.  The trees started running in earnest a couple days of go and the miles of tubing used to link the trees to the tank are … Continue reading →

I have spent the last three weeks tapping maple trees for my neighbor Ivan.  We are trying out a new valve this year that fits between the tree and collection spout.  It is a one way valve and it is … Continue reading →