Good Life Farm- Winter Quarterly Highlights

Winter here at the Good Life doesn’t mean a stop to the work, but it certainly means a change of pace! During the cold months, the greens in the high tunnels rest (but stay harvestable!), all of the planning for the coming year happens next to cozy wood heat, and partnerships bloom!  

In 2012, Good Life Farm welcomes a second partner- Liz Coakley, who will be growing vegetables alongside the apples and asparagus.  As in past years, winter is also when the 3Fold Forest partnership comes alive… In collaboration with Sean Dembrosky, we manage our 24 acres of woodlands for firewood, lumber, habitat- with an eye towards forest succession, stand health and shadeland gardening.

Highlights for Winter:

• Greens fresh from the high tunnels- sold at Greenstar Coop in Ithaca
• 3Fold forest management- creating coppices, firewood and fence posts for the spring!
• Early evenings and sweet sunsets
• Icy equines!

Goal spotlight- Care for the Community, Opportunities for Multiple Farmers

Keeping with our hopes for this farm, the 3Fold partnership with Sean is part of The Good Life Farm’s efforts to create opportunities for multiple farmers. Sean brings fresh perspective to managing the woods for production and habitat, and the three of us benefit from our careful collaboration. While the partnership is still fledging, we all experience shared warmth from our wood stoves all winter! We currently harvest firewood, fence posts and lumber for sale or trade from our mixed stand of sugar maple-basswood-black walnut-black cherry-black locust.

For more information about our produce or our farm, contact:

Melissa Madden - melissa@thegoodlifefarm.org - 607-351-3313