http://longwinterfarm.com/blog very important information. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:15:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1, 2, 3, awwww... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=585 Yesterday we attended the 3rd annual PICNIC Portland Music + Arts Festival!  And we had soooo much fun.  We met lots of awesome artists and soap lovers, sold lots of soap, and listened to lots of local tunes.  The only down side to the whole thing was that there weren't ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=579 This week I planted the mums, bought school supplies, and put extra blankets on the beds.  Which means, le sigh, that summer is getting sleepy.  But really, this is my favorite part of summer with all the ripe veggies and wildflowers and desperate kids, frantically trying to make it last ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=574 So, we've decided to stop doing wedding favors for a while.  Possibly forever.  We'll of course honor any orders that we've discussed previously, but we won't be taking on any new ones. Why, you ask?  Well, because we're slowly going insane.  I can't remember the last time I woke up in ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=572 We vended at the first annual Damariscotta Blueberry Festival this past weekend and made out like bandits compared to what we were expecting.  I mean come on, first year church fair?  We were hoping for like 15 people, tops.  We were wrong. Here's the view from the front of our tent. ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=568 It's almost time for the first annual Damariscotta Blueberry Festival and Harvest Fair!  It'll be from 10-3 this Saturday, August 14th, at the Great Salt Bay farm, which is the Damariscotta River Association headquarters, and the venue for the Damariscotta farmer's market.  Admission is free, and there will be live ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=566 So I'm thinking the dad might have been a Maine coon...or like, a bobcat.  Maybe a moose. http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=558 So, a couple weeks ago, our kitten had kittens.  Our indoor-only, about to be spayed kitten, found herself a stray tom.  Had five kittens.  Daisy was an amazing mother for the first week, and then came down with a nasty case of mastitis.  For those who don't know (I knew ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=555 Wedding season has officially infested my brain.  All day long I'm either labeling favors or designing labels for favors or pouring favors or talking to brides about favors or shipping favors off to their joyous events, so of course that leaves the spare moments for thinking about imaginary weddings.  Not ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=546 And we were mixing creams, cutting soap, and labeling lip balm!  By candlelight.  Candles are a big huge part of off grid yurt life, and I actually prefer them to bulbs.  Which is fortunate.  Plus it gives me an excuse to buy old FTD containers and milk glass bud vases.  ... http://longwinterfarm.com/blog/?p=543