This week the Cooking Buckets Sugar House team will be rigging up sap tap lines at their Sunny Meadow Farm site. Ten years ago, Town Meeting approved a 10-year lease to allow Cooking Buckets to try something that was, and still is, new and experimental for this...
Looking forward to the next Eagle Scout Boards of Review. Thursday, January 15, 2026 6:45 pm Never having been a Scout myself, you would think this is something I really should not be doing. Yet I have worked with Scouts for over 20 years, and my experience with...
Over the years, several people have shared local knowledge about Heart Pond and where ice is often thinner due to springs, groundwater movement, or subtle current. The attached image is a user-made reference map that marks areas that have historically been reported as...
As the year draws to an end, Koulas Farm has been, at different times, exciting, depressing, hopeful, and a bit of a wild ride. If you had told me in January of last year that this much work would be done, I probably would have said yes. By summer, it felt like...
A few questions have arisen about cross-country skiing at Koulas Farm, and the honest answer is yes and no. Yes, there is a designated route, and it has now been marked. With a bit more snow, it will be passable and enjoyable. No, it is not perfect yet. One short...
Heart Pond is a well-loved but complicated site, and with ADA upgrades finally moving forward, it is important to understand the full context of the property, its history, and the real constraints that exist there. The town GIS map helps explain why this location is...
