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.
WEATHER A CHALLENGE TO FARMERS
It has been the wettest spring in 30 years of farming at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. After plenty of April showers there was […]
FAMILIES ENJOYED MAPLE SUGAR DAYS AT STRATFORD
The record rainfall on Monday night, February 21, at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road, caused a drainage stream to flood the lane, halfway between […]WINTER LIFE AT STRATFORD ECOLOGICAL CENTER
The well-below-freezing temperatures since mid-January, and the heavy snowfall overnight on February 3, at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road, has restricted movement of the […]FROM FLOOD TO FREEZE AT STRATFORD ECOLOGICAL CENTER
The days were sunny and approaching record temperatures at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road during the week before the Holidays. However, once the rains […]HOGS HAVE FORGOTTEN THEIR MANNERS AT STRATFORD ECOLOGICAL CENTER
The winds were gusting at forty-five to fifty miles an hour on Saturday, December 11, at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. No one was […]Life Settles Down for Winter At Stratford Ecological Center
The first frost, with temperatures in the low 20’s, arrived at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road November 3 and killed the flowering buckwheat in field #3, thus ending […]
Children Feel At Home At Stratford Ecological Center
On the Fall Equinox three inches of rain fell at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. The next day, which coincided with the famous Little […]Life Moves Into High Gear At Stratford Ecological Center
Life at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road moved into high gear the week after Labor Day. Fifth graders arrived to take part in our […]End of Summer at Stratford Ecological Center
A welcome two inches of rain fell heavily at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road on July 29, with ongoing showers through August 20. Areas […]
Hay Baler Hickups at Stratford Ecological Center
After consistently dry days it was a relief to have a heavy but short rainfall on June 29 at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. […]In-Pig Sow “Frances” Makes Debut at Stratford Ecological Center
Last month I shared that the vista at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road was green, green, green; this month I can add that the […]
Green Vistas Abound at Stratford Ecological Center
It is a vista of green, green, green at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. The heavily pruned apple trees are in full leaf. The […]
