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...
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Amy Bodwell
- Aug 2, 2020
- 6 min
An Interview: NH's Giant Silk Moths
Have you been lucky enough to see giant moths flying around in colorful outfits? Or perhaps huge caterpillars wandering about? Many of...
Heidi Konesko
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Energy Efficiency is Still a Thing
With all of the very hot and humid weather the past couple of weeks, I’ve been wondering how much of an increase in our electric bill we...
Sara Powell
- Jun 6, 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...
Bill Fosher
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
Supporting Our Struggling Dairy Farms
Dairy farmers will not be charged for equipment rentals from the Cheshire County Conservation District for the 2020 growing season. The...
Lola Bobrowski
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
Virtual Connection During Social Distancing
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot has changed. Kids are home from school, parents are working remotely and often doing double...
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...
Lola Bobrowski
- Mar 5, 2020
- 2 min
Steve Pytlik, District Conservationist Moves On
After 10 years of serving as a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist in the Walpole field office,...
Michael Nerrie
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
Landscaping Redefined
"Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it." ~ E.O. Wilson Old School Landscaping In 1990 my wife,...
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,...
John Snowdon
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Proper Land Stewardship Can Make a Difference
Research published in the Sept, 2019 edition of the journal, Science, tells a frightening tale. Since 1970, the year before I graduated...
Rachel Brice
- Nov 7, 2019
- 2 min
Monadnock Grows Together: Garden Clean-Up Checklist
Hello Garden Friends! Fall is a perfect time to clean up your garden. Having a garden clean-up day in the fall is a great way to improve...
Rachel Brice
- Oct 3, 2019
- 1 min
Monadnock Grows Together: Gardens in the Fall
Hello Garden Friends! It’s fall in New Hampshire, and the garden season is certainly transitioning… but that doesn’t mean we have to be...
The Monadnock Conservancy
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
This Land is Farmland: The region's largest dairy farm now protected
This month's blog comes from our regional partner, The Monadnock Conservancy... Chickering Farm, in Westmoreland, N.H., has been in the...
Amy Bodwell
- Aug 22, 2019
- 4 min
Managing Property to Benefit Wildlife - Part II
Owning 235 acres can be daunting at times. So many questions about doing the right thing, doing too much, too little, which management...
Peter Renzelman
- Jul 31, 2019
- 4 min
A Final Cut?
I would like to share my experiences managing a wood lot I have been familiar with all my life. I have had the good fortune of doing the...
Rachel Brice
- Jul 22, 2019
- 4 min
Monadnock Grows Together: Tomato Health
Hello Garden Friends! I wanted to share some thoughts with you about tomato health in general, and also about late blight in particular....
Rachel Brice
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
July Garden Question of the Month!
Hello Garden Friends! I’d like to share the question of the month with you! A gardener reached out to me recently with a lettuce...
Rachel Brice
- Jun 24, 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...
Rachel Brice
- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
Monadnock Grows Together: Meet Rachel!
Hello, garden friends! I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Rachel Brice, and this year I have the privilege of serving as Cheshire...
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