Cairns Farm is proud to present our Spring 2019 “TRYathalon” workshop series, with 26 introductory-level classes available in three “event” categories.
Our desire at Cairns Farm is to always — always! — provide ways for people to connect, to learn, … Read the rest
Nine acres is a lot of acres. I mean, obviously not as many as 20 or 100 acres, but still, for new farmers and land managers, nine feels like a lot to steward well. One of our conversations early on … Read the rest
This is Clyde.
That’s what I call him anyway.
Clyde has kept watch from one of the red barns at Cairns Farm for an unknown number of decades.
Pretty soon, Clyde is going to come down. He’s getting a little … Read the rest
Bricks for days! That was our project all weekend.
First, we needed to find a way to get all the dismantled chimney bricks out of the Uncles’ House attic, a problem solved after Cael (12) and Aden (17) rigged a … Read the rest
Today’s farm project was pulling down the chimney in the Uncles’ House.
We noticed when we first looked at the Cairns Farm property that the Uncles’ House chimney was in an extremely precarious position. Wobbly and crooked…
…with crumbling mortar…… Read the rest
When we first visited what was to become Cairns Farm, we were transfixed by an old farmhouse that sits proudly at the southwest corner facing the main road access to this small piece of earth. Quaint and tiny, it had … Read the rest