Starting from the Ground Up: A Closer Look at CCCD's Equipment Rental Program
From April 2023 through November 2024, I took time away from my role with the conservation district to work on farms up and down the east...
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Matt Smetana
- Jan 15
- 5 min
Conservation Funding Encourages Local Farmers and Landowners to 'Grow Green' in 2024
Discover funding opportunities that help you enhance local agriculture, preserve wildlife habitat, and promote climate resilience!
Sofie Wicklund
- Aug 4, 2023
- 3 min
A 'Nock Out Summer: Improving Regional Outdoor Recreation Opportunities
Learn more about the role Sofie played in Monadnock Outdoors' regional efforts this summer!
Jenna Rich
- Apr 3, 2023
- 6 min
How to Make Your Farm or Home Garden More Environmentally Friendly
By making a few small changes in the garden, you can help combat climate change, decrease energy bills, and more!
Benee Hershon
- Dec 1, 2022
- 6 min
December Community Member Spotlight: Gentile Family Homestead
The Gentile Family Homestead, a 24-acre gem of sustainable open pasture shares about their climate grant project!
Benee Hershon
- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
June Community Member Spotlight: Kaisa Jarrell
As the farming season begins, Kaisa Jarrell of Green Wagon Farm is preparing for another season of providing fresh produce to the community!
Wendy Ward
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
NRCS Practices: Log Cribs for Streambank Erosion
Bank erosion, or the removal of soil, rocks, and vegetation by the force of moving water, is a natural part of river dynamics. Over the...
Tom Beaudry
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
CCCD Drills & Rental Equipment
Have a need to reseed a field or pasture but don’t want to plow it? The Cheshire County Conservation District can help! The district has...
Lola Bobrowski
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
2020 - What a Year!
What a year 2020 has been! As one can imagine, our year in review is going to look a bit different this year, but also a lot didn’t...
Mary Ellen Cannon
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Weathering the Change
What changes have you seen weather wise in your life? Thanksgiving Eve many NH USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service staff attended...
Lola Bobrowski
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
On Mud, Horses, Flowers, & Food
It was early spring. All the snow had melted in the winter paddock, and the workhorses and the farmers were ankle-and-fetlock deep in...
Lola Bobrowski
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Uniquely NH Stories & Celebration
This year, the Cheshire County Conservation District is excited to celebrate its 75th anniversary! While Covid-19 may have thrown a...
Lola Bobrowski
- Sep 11, 2020
- 3 min
Explore Intersections Between Land & Community On Sept. 24th!
Radically Rural 2020 brings you Radically Rural Remote, a single-day entirely virtual summit for shaping and sharing ideas surrounding...
Sara Powell
- Jun 7, 2020
- 4 min
The Problem is the Solution: Stewarding a Small piece of Property with a Permaculture Approach
“Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be” ~David Holmgren Buying an old house (C.1790’s) on a very small lot (0.17...
Lola Bobrowski
- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
CCCD 2019 Year in Review
Happy New Year! 2019 was an exciting (& busy!) year at the Cheshire County Conservation District. As in years past, our District staff of...
Frank Hunter
- Dec 12, 2019
- 2 min
Horse Power on the Farm
Hillside Springs Farm is a horse-powered vegetable farm. With three draft horses, one kitty, and two and a half farmers -- my spouse,...
Rachel Brice
- Jun 25, 2019
- 2 min
Monadnock Grows Together: Container Gardening
Hello garden friends! This year, one of my new adventures is growing in containers. In this photo (taken on June 1st), you can see a...
Andy Pressman
- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
Small-Farm & Garden Technology
As the spring rains take a rest and allow for periods of planting on our farms and in our gardens, you may be interested to know that...
Bill Fosher
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
Could Grazing be the Answer?
These are challenging times for livestock producers. Dairy farms are struggling with record low milk prices, lots of farmers are having...
Heidi Konesko
- Jan 2, 2019
- 1 min
Pasture Perfect
Warm temperatures during February melted the ice and snow, giving us a peek at the ground in our pasture fields. Is it my imagination or...
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