Does anyone know of a good vendor or engineer for drip irrigation systems in Eastern Mass? I have a well on my farm, and I need to have someone come out to...
Hi Jed, You could do several things: (1) contact DripWorks in CA who offers free on-line drip irrigation system design services and then will make equipment...
I second both Drip Works and the NRCS, both of which I just used. Drip Works has amazing customer service, and they'll consult you over the phone. For a primer...
Waltham Fields Community Farm seeks part-time farm crew members for the 2009 growing season. Crew members will work mornings, up to 20 hours per week, on farm...
I'd give rain-flo irrigation a call -1, 717,445-6976. they helped me over the phone and they're very reasonable. plus they're from yoder country! -Chris ...
I noticed rain flo team has another number, 717 445-3000. if you have a sense of how you want to use the (drip) system, the specialists will offer more...
Hey friends! Just a reminder that we'll be holding our 2009 organizational meeting tomorrow, March 5th, at 6:00 PM, here at my house at 4 Puffer Lane, Sudbury,...
Also, if you can't make it but would like to host a meeting, please let me know by email, along with a month that you'd prefer and the topic that you'd like to...
Hello Farmers My name is Yolanda I am from Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester For the first time last summer we had a farmer's market, here at the ...
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Are you interested in splitting an incredible farm share with me? It's at the Food Project Organic Farm in Lincoln, MA and goes from the first week in June...
Some of us CRAFTers think this is a great idea and since I've a little time on my hands this month, I'd like to organize it. What: a gathering of '09 interns...
Hi Gretta and CRAFTers! That sounds great! Do all apprentices arrive in April though? And is your idea that farmers will not attend, or will attend also? ...
Hi Gretta and all, Thanks for your email. I think it sounds great. My apprentices, happily, will be here in April this year, but not in years past so I just...
Kristin, Yep, the idea is that it's just for interns/apprentices. Hoping to create a space for them to get to know one another a little more than happens on a...
There's been lots of rumbling about re-designing the emasscraft website....so to get the ball rolling, you can post comments about what you'd like to see here:...
When I was going to Western Mass CRAFT I liked getting the baseline data sheets from every farm in the network. They included information about farm and...
Hi everyone! This is Greg Bodine; I'll be apprenticing at Drumlin Farm with Matt Celona this year. This all sounds great! If you have it on April 4th, I won't...
Greetings, I am looking for someone who wants to start a vegetable, herbs, berries, or whatever growing business on my land in eastern MA in Boxford...maybe a ...
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Hi, Gretta. This is Alicia from Land's Sake. Thanks for making this suggestion. I have so much to learn and would be grateful for a gathering like this with...
Hello All, A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP FARMERS FACILITATE THEIR CRAFT VISITS: In an effort to improve content and presentation effectiveness at CRAFT visits,...
If anyone is interested in learning about small-scale backyard sugaring, please stop by at an outstanding privately run sugar shack in Lincoln this Saturday...
Hi all, Drumlin could host the meeting if Lincoln is a good central meeting place. April is fine, but my feeling is that early May might be better. I think...
Net Impact Boston, a network of Boston professionals committed to social responsibility, would like to invite someone from the CSA community to contribute a...
Hi farmers! What follows is a list of topics that we generated at our CRAFT planning meeting last week as potential CRAFT visits, either during our regular...
Hello friends! It's Tabitha, the long-lost former Drumlinite. You may remember me from such farming seasons as 2005-2008. Whereas I was one then, now I am...
Farmer Dave's is a 50 acre farm in Dracut, MA with a Community Supported Agriculture program, farmers markets and farm stands. The CSA was started in 2007...
 Spring greetings to all CRAFTers. This post is to follow up on last Thursday’s talk of an Enterprise Budget workshop. I will host this discussion in...
Market Farm says that the <http://www.marketfarm.com/>William's Tool System is their best cultivator for market gardens. They say it, "provides ideal weed...
For anyone interested there is a farm based education conference looking for presenters. I posted a pdf flier about it in the "files" section of the website,...
Did anyone respond to this directly? I have had a little experience with the William's Toolbar. It's great for prepping a bed with blind cultivation. I...