Farm Connection is a monthly article connecting city folk to life on the Stratford Ecological Center farm. It is published on the third Saturday of the month in our local Delaware Gazette. It is submitted by Pauline Scott, a farm and nature guide at Stratford and a member of the SEC Board of Trustees.
SNOW, SYRUP, LAMBS, SALAMANDERS, OPPORTUNITIES AT STRATFORD
The weather was sunny and 50F on the day before the annual Maple Sugar Celebration, scheduled for February 24 at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty […]
MAPLE SUGARING OFF TO AN EARLY START
As predicted, temperatures rose above average on Tuesday, January 23, and marked the formal start of the sugaring season at Stratford Ecological Season on Liberty […]WINTER WEATHER ARRIVES AT STRATFORD
Winter weather began in earnest at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road on Friday, January 12. The temps dropped, the wind blew strongly, and there […]WHITE OAK TREES ARE ON FARMER JEFF’S RADAR
The dry weather at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road during the past month has helped, as the fall jobs and preparations for winter take […]RAIN DID NOT DETRACT FROM ENJOYMENT OF HARVEST FAIR
After an extended dry period and a light frost at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road, the rain came the night before our annual Harvest […]BUMPER CROP OF APPLES FOR CIDER THIS YEAR
The high temperatures this past month has called for daily watering, fortunately with our own well water, in the big greenhouse, the smaller greenhouse, and […]
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON THIS FARM
The area around the Education and Farm buildings, the fields, the prairie, and the pond, looked exceptionally beautiful on a sunny afternoon at Stratford Ecological […]TREE REMOVAL AT STRATFORD
Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road was closed the week of July 4. It is a tradition to give the farm camp staff time off, […]SATISFYING HAY CROP AT STRATFORD
The first of this year’s hay crop was brought in off fields 2 and 3 on May 24, at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. […]LIFE ON THE FARM MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR
It is good to be back at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road, after my trip to England to stay with family and close friends. […]FIRST LAMB “PANCAKE” ARRIVES AT STRATFORD
Like many sugaring operations in the U.S. and Canada, the fluctuations in temperature this year have adversely affected the maple sugar season at Stratford Ecological […]
