While the farm stand is seeing less activity as our production winds down, the farm itself is quite busy. We’ve sown all the fields in cover crop, have been planning for the location of the NRCS high tunnel, and are working on a variety of other projects, including the planting of daffodils and tulips, and garlic!
Farmer Dan covering the garlic seeds with rich organic compost
Our board President, Tim Faulkner, put together some numbers of the goings-on at the farm. Take a look:
Compost. The October food school food-scrap collection totals are in. Hampden Meadows School 374 pounds, Sowams School 209 pounds, Nayatt School 190 pounds, Primrose Hill School 155 pounds, Barrington Middle School 81 pounds and Barrington High School 0. St. Andrew’s School collected 370 pounds. Public drop-off (east of the farm stand off Federal Rd) at the farm netted 1,323 pounds.
The BFS Food Scrap Program is run with the Barrington School District Green Team. Food scrap collection occurs during lunch at all four Barrington elementary schools. The Middle School and High School collect food scrap from their kitchens.
Garlic. Volunteers planted nearly 2,000 garlic bulbs on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3. The garlic was fertilized with seaweed courtesy of Point Judith Kelp Co., shredded leaves, and our own compost. The garlic, our own variety, will be harvested in July and offered at the farm stand.
Board help needed. The Barrington Farm School is looking for new board members. In particular, we are in need of a treasurer and a grant writer. If you are interested in either position or would like to join our board as a regular member, please reach out to Tim Faulkner atBarringtonFarmSchool@gmail.com or 401-330-6276.