Maple Lane Farm - New and Exciting Goings On

New and Exciting Goings On
		There is something new and exciting going on every season on a small, diversified farm in the country. In the spring, wild baby creatures are born and will show themselves from time to time. All the wild animals return to Maine from away or they wake up from their winter slumber. The sheep need shearing before they are put out on spring pastures. The summer brings new farm creatures such as baby chicks, new born foals and brand new calfs. Fall brings garden harvests and the hay has to be stored for the winter. And the lambs come in January and February. There are always activities for every season, but of course there are many more cultural activities, fairs and events between spring and fall. There are agricultural fairs and events, art shows and local extravaganzas such as Old Hallowell Days, The Great Kennebec Whatever Week in Augusta, the Waterville Film Festival and the Moxie Festival in Lisbon Falls to name just a few. There is also the Fiber Frolic at the Windsor Fairgrounds, the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity and there are always many festivals happening in the towns and cities along the midcoast area of Maine.
	Kennebec Valley Business to Business - October 2007 Robbi (wo) mans the booth at the K.V. B to B expo at the Augusta Civic Center.
	Jenna and Natalyia - October 2007 Our Belted Galloway Jenna and our Jersey Natalyia take a break to enjoy the afternoon sun after a hard day..... of being fat and sassy.
	Mordecai - October 2007 Mordecai is one of our Romney cross rams enjoying the lush fall pasture.
	Common Ground Country Fair- September 2007 Robbi had a booth at the Common Ground fair in Unity this year. It was a very good three days and the weather was pleasantly mild.
	Fiber Frolic- June 2007 Sharing our sales area with the Llamas at the Fiber Frolic at the Windsor fairgrounds.
	Teryn - May 2007 Our Bay colt Teryn has to be separated from Mom and Dad as spring is in the air, and there is only room for one stallion at a time on any side of the street.
	New B&B Dormer - May 2007 The bathroom in the bed and breakfast gets a major makeover with a new dormer.
	Pumpkin and Mordecai - April 2007 Two of our new lambs forage on the freshly greening grass in the orchard.
	They Dont Make Em like This - March 2007 Robbi takes out the 50 year old Gravely "walk behind" tractor to throw some snow. This 8 HP tractor starts right up and is very dependable if not the most efficient snow throwing device.
	Mother and Son - February 2007 Teryn and Arwen relax during one of the milder days this February.
	Meeting Room - October 2006 The new meeting room is finished and ready for seminars, classes and small conferences.
	Everyone Helps with Projects - September 2006 Fall always brings projects on a small, diversified farm. And everybody is expected to help in any way that they can. Here, Yoda assists with putting new shingles up on the milkhouse. His job is to take the shingles out of the bag and pass them to Robbi.
	Lunch Out with the Boys - September 2006 Teryn and Midnight share some hand fed grass. Beneath his 2,000 pound, rough and tumble stallion exterior, Midnight is just a push over letting Teryn eat right out of his mouth.
	Best New Demonstration Vendor - August 2006 Robbi's booth gets a blue ribbon for best demonstration vendor at this year's Windsor Fair.
	Windsor Fair - August 2006 Robbi and Camrin man the Maple Lane Gallery booth at this year's Windsor Fair.
	Fiber Frolic - June 2006 The Windsor fairgrounds hosts the Fiber Frolic which revels in all things and creatures which produce fibers. Llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, bunnies and anything else whose coat you can turn into a sweater are found in great abundance at this entertaining spring event.
	Chicken Turning - July 2006 Very few people realize that you can calm domestic fowl by turning them upside down and covering their eyes. This ancient art has been passed down to agrarian holders for millennia and we are proud to continue with this great tradition. Skilled turners can calm the most feisty adult poultry. As you can see, chicks will often conk right out, often within a matter of seconds.
	Sable Our Flying Squirrel- July 2006 Sable was our first orphan flying squirrel. She gave us a number of scares, but ended up doing marvelously. She needed a heating pad for her first few weeks with us. She was quite docile and tame at first, but ended up being extremely slippery and hard to catch (which is good). She was released into a nearby nature preserve in the fall.
	Teryn - May 2006 Teryn our brand new Belgian - Percheron cross colt frolics in the spring pasture with our barn cat Phoebe.
	Wisteria - May 2006 The wisteria is in full bloom on the garden fence. .
	Kiln Opening - May 2006 Some of the "still warm" pottery gets taken out of the kiln for friends and customers to admire.
	Kiln Opening - May 2006 Robbi opens up her gas fired kiln during her spring, Mother's day sale.
	Twin Ram Lambs - March 2006 Here are two more ram twins and our marble lamb growing horns.
	This Little Ram Makes It - February 2006 Not only did this ram do OK, but he ends up being quite friendly due to all the attention and bottle feeding. Here he is chewing on Alexandra's nose.
	The Ewes are Lambing ! - January 2006 The lambs are arriving. This little ram lamb was not doing well and was brought inside to be put under heat lamps for a few hours. We needed to get this little guy bottle feeding as quickly as possible. Brigit, our Corgi monitors the situation very closely with Camrin.