Never Lacking for a View
Visitors don’t have to walk very far to be treated to spectacular views at Merck Forest. Anyone that has been up to the farm on even a moderately clear day […]
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Visitors don’t have to walk very far to be treated to spectacular views at Merck Forest. Anyone that has been up to the farm on even a moderately clear day […]
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We often talk about “reading” the landscape. How can you look at forest and understand some of the many natural interactions that take place every day? Often, it is so
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Fern and Arch, Merck Forest’s draft team, are champs at skidding logs. The farm staff took the horses to the junction of Gallop Road and Old Town to finish removing
Game of Logging, Part Two: Preparing for This Weekend Read More »
At the end of this week, Merck Forest will be hosting another Game of Logging class. What is the Game of Logging, you ask? It does sound like something between
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Starting in the lower left, the large, deep purple potato is an Adirondack Blue, and continuing clockwise, we have Yukon Gold (yellow skin, with waxy yellow flesh), Cheiftan (red skinned
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We often have reports of trees down on the trails, but every once in a while, we find that there is damage done to a cabin. Nenorod took a hit
Tree at Nenorod: A Close Call Read More »
The garden has been growing relatively well this year. It seemed that everything took a while to get going–the cooler spring and early summer, plus lots of rain, deterred growth
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Merck is an exciting place because it holds true to its title of a forest AND farmland center. While we apprentices spend a lot of time working on the farm,
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Jenna Woginrich of Cold Antler Farm, a nearby farm, attended the Sheep Dog Trials and Farm Festival both Saturday and Sunday. She is a local author, blogger, homesteader, and has
Jenna, Cartoon, Sheep Dog Trial Read More »
This year was a great year at the Sheep Dog Trials and Farm Festival. We had nearly 700 people attend, Sherman’s General Store in West Rupert provided great food, and
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