A chilly winter weekend for this year's NH Maple Weekend. We started in Warner at the church breakfast and enjoyed seeing people from day's past. Then headed out with our list, map, and some anticipation for a fun day. Stop #1 Baker's Syrup. Stop #2, down the hill to Bates Maple Syrup. Showing Ray how to measure the viscosity of the sap. Stop #3 Roger's Maple Syrup. Inside a kind gentleman showed us how they add wood to the fires. Temps inside were just over 500 degrees toda

On our homestead located not far from Yankee Farmers we decided it was time to build a hen house (in the summer of 2016). It was a family project and my brother, Ray Snow had a portable sawmill and milled his own pine boards so we were ready to go. He arrived with the tools and lumber day after day and construction began. We decided to have a 10’ by 12’ with two rooms and a small attic. The larger hens’ room had two windows and the small outside door for the girls. Of co

Diego arrived on a cold and snowy NH morning. But a snowy day on the farm didn't stop the birth of this little Scottish highland calf! Because he was soaking wet from his birth, and temps were low, we brought him inside to be dried off. If you watch the video of him, you will see a hair dryer which we used to dry him quickly. Within 1/2 hour he was back with his Momma, Elvira, and out in the pasture with his new friend. He is happy and healthy, drinking Mom's milk...which is

Project Executive Summary: The Innovative Heavy Use Area for Bison proposed by Yankee Farmers Market in Warner, NH, is a project that will demonstrate a method for nutrient management for a bison farm. Using the technical expertise of project partners Stanley Weeks, PhD and Joshua Faulkner of University of Vermont and local partners from UNH Cooperative Extension, Merrimack County Conservation District, and Natural Resources Conservation Service, this project aims to demons

Warner Farm This is our main farm and retail farm store. Many of the buffalo roam here in the upper and lower fields. The Scottish Highland Cattle also are here for part of the year. We also have chickens here and sometimes pigs. Pitcher Mountain Farm In 2014 our Pitcher Mountain Farm Operation began, and Yankee Farmer's Market buffalo farm in Warner expanded out to Stoddard. Pitcher Mountain Farm is a Historic, beautiful 220 acre farm offering pastureland, hay land and amaz