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Snowdrifts have been replaced by drifts of snowdrops, a few bold frogs test their luck on a warm March evening, robins and squirrels bob cheerfully in the greening grass—the spring transition is well underway. At Hutchins, our greenhouses are quickly filling with eager young plants (and workers), waiting for their time to stretch their roots […]

Afternoons end early in November, the sunset seems to set the remaining leaves ablaze for a brief while before the autumn evening descends in earnest. Farm and farmers alike breathe a sigh of relief as the hectic cycles of planting, weeding, and harvest run their final course and the fields ready themselves under blankets of […]

We were all recently told by an (apparently) unimpeachable authority that climate change is a hoax. Perhaps so, but the thoroughness with which this hoax is being perpetrated continues to impress, with the long stretch of August-like weather in early October we just enjoyed as a recent example—very convincing, but then I’m a gullible farmer. […]

September 2025 Newsletter: Concord Ag Day & Dried Floral Wreath Workshops September finds the farm in a state of disarray, reeling from the triple whammy of heat, lack of rain, and insufficient workforce—but thus it ever was. (And yes, we are still hiring crew if you know of anyone looking) Cold and heavy rains in […]

The variability of New England weather has been on full display this Spring, most recently during “March in May”, when a welcome warmup was quickly followed by a week of gray, mist, rain and temperatures that barely topped 50. We seem to be on a more summerlike trajectory now, much to the relief of the […]

Spring finally arriving? A couple of housekeeping notes. After this weekend’s “flurries” that added up to quite a noticeable amount of snow, we are hoping to be finally on the warm side of early spring? Seedling sales officially started yesterday on the honor system self-serve porch of the farmstand. Please see our website’s “what at […]

As winter reluctantly releases its grip on the Northeast, with drifts of bold crocus and daffodil replacing the stubborn piles of gray snow and slush, we can detect a collective sigh of relief as every stratum and degree of life senses the renewing warmth of the sun. We all participate in this unanimous exhalation, reassured […]

Visually, November has begun normally, trees in various stages of undress, their foliage carelessly strewn across fields and forest floor. The smell of smoke would likewise be normal if it were rising from nearby chimneys, rather than borne on strange summer-like winds from wildfires in not-so-distant towns. And the drought that has persisted more or […]

Often the truncated days of autumn, with their long shadows and slanting, honey-hued sunlight, are accompanied by frost in the hour just before sunrise, but we’ve been having an extended summer—cool but frost-free mornings ripen into sultry afternoons; frost is absent, rain is rare. Apparently, this is just what the tomatoes were hoping for, as […]