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Throwback Thursday – Summer in Aroostook 1947…& More Overalls
We love looking at our old family photos. This photo of our grandfather, Clayton Noyes (left), and our uncle Paul as a baby, was taken in front of the barn with a family friend and his son (overalls + no shirt = bold look). Clayton would have been about 27 years old...
BLT – farmer’s market style
Farmer's wife (aka Katherine) here with my first blog post! Yesterday was the South Portland Farmer's Market (shameless plug: come visit us 10-2 by Mill Creek and City Hall every Sunday). We are starting to get to know the other vendors at the market pretty well by...
15 Great Farm Songs
I have a lot of time to think on my beautiful drives through Maine to our farm. The other day during this very familiar stretch of road, it dawned on me that what this road trip was missing was a playlist of the best farm songs ever written. So, I made one. Vote for...
Potato Barrels at the South Portland Farmers Market
The first farmer's market of the season is this Sunday, May 4th from 10AM-2PM in the South Portland City Hall Parking Lot near Mill Creek Park. As we began to put together this year's display for the farmer's market, we immediately thought to highlight something that...
Overalls a good idea…Throwback Thursday
The other day our friend Laura asked us, "When was it that you knew you wanted to farm?" For Jon, I believe the day was February 19, 1995. Anybody have any idea what Jon is holding? Magnifying glass? A flower of some type? Better yet, what do you think he was...
Throwback Thursday – Now that’s a family portrait!
Above is the portrait of the Josiah Noyes family, our great, great, great grandfather. I'm not sure if I see the resemblance, but there are a few high quality mustaches to aspire to. To best understand Josiah and his family in mid 19th Northern Maine, I think it best...
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