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Garlic Harvest!

By Megan Phillips on August 3, 2017

We harvested the farm’s garlic this past week with boys campers, a fun and fragrant experience. Once harvested, the farm crew divided the garlic into three groups: The largest bulbs (roughly one-quarter of the harvest, or 600 bulbs) are hanging in the barn to cure. This fall, we’ll break the garlic heads down into their…

Gourmet Campfire Cooking with Farm Fresh Food

By Cullen McGough on August 3, 2017

Chewonki Wilderness Trips participants and leaders alike eagerly anticipate scheduled “resupplies”–drop-offs of food, mail, and other supplies partway through their trip, at a designated point along a trail or waterway. After days of paddling or hiking, the contact with home base and a bundle of fresh food feels good. When we say “fresh,” we mean…

The Chewonki Daylily – Our Very Own Hybrid

By Cullen McGough on August 3, 2017

It’s that time of the year: the peak of summer! We know because the Chewonki daylily, a blazing red variety created by the late Joseph Barth of Alna, Maine, is blooming brightly below the Camp Chewonki office in the Farmhouse. We don’t know for sure why Barth, a renowned daylily hybridizer, created this beauty and…

The Best Granola Snack – Bar None

By Cullen McGough on August 3, 2017

Chewonki Granola bars have become a highlight of the Parents’ Lounge on the opening day of Session I and Session II summer programs. Partly because younger siblings often tag along when parents bring campers and trippers to Chewonki, these tasty snacks tend to disappear faster than you can say “Welcome!” Kitchen Manager Bill Edgerton says…

From Moo to You, Day Three

By Megan Phillips on July 8, 2017

On the heels of writing about the first two days of our three-day “From Moo to You” activity block, I can’t help but revisit with an update. Day three of this cow-themed activity was farm-classy meets eleven-year-old boy, in all the best ways. As the boys gathered in a circle at the start of…

U-Pick-Your-Own

By Cullen McGough on July 6, 2017

One of the best things about July in Maine is the arrival of fresh strawberries! All across the state, farms sprout “U-PICK-YOUR-OWN” signs and happy hoards descend to pick (and eat) strawberries. Several of our campers had a chance to stop and pick berries today: If you’ve never had the chance to visit a strawberry…

From Moo to You Acrostics

By Megan Phillips on July 3, 2017

Camp has begun, so young boys are everywhere on the farm, at all hours of the day and evening. This morning we started a three-day activity block focused on the cows and our dairy production. Tomorrow we’ll make fromage blanc and churn farm ice cream, but today we spent much of our time together setting the…

The 2017 Chewonki Chronicle is Now Available

By Cullen McGough on June 26, 2017

The spring 2017 edition of The Chronicle, our alumni magazine has arrived! Download the Chronicle: If you would like to request a print copy of The Chronicle, please contact alumni@chewonki.org. Table of Contents: p. 2 News p. 6 Susan Feibelman p. 9 Value of Studying History p. 10 Up for the Challenge p. 12 Backcountry…

Milking Time

By lbeneman on June 18, 2017

The sun beats down on my shoulders as I walk out of the barn and down the farm road to collect the dairy cows for milking. The cows and sheep are about as far out on pasture as they can be this weekend. When they are close by it makes milking more convenient, a quick…

It’s 90 degrees outside. What’s happening on the farm?

By Megan Phillips on June 12, 2017

What to do on a blisteringly hot day like this one? Here’s a few snapshots from our day on the farm: Cut hay. Every year about this time – give or take a week or maybe two – we cut our first hay of the season. Sitting on the horsedrawn mower behind the…