Spring 2018 Workday
/It was a great and productive day! The temperatures were not spring-like but sunshine finally reached us in the afternoon, with a high of 35 degrees. We appreciated the help of dedicated volunteers...
Read MoreIt was a great and productive day! The temperatures were not spring-like but sunshine finally reached us in the afternoon, with a high of 35 degrees. We appreciated the help of dedicated volunteers...
Read MoreIn the spirit of sap season, we wanted to resurrect this beautiful and informational video shot by our friend David Kelliher...
Read MoreDuring our off season, we stationed some cameras in the woods at various locations to see what we don’t see. The results are pretty amazing.
Read MoreOne of the unique things we do during camp is Dirt to Dinner
Read MoreWe've were so busy having fun and putting on the annual Journey's End Camp Fair
Read MoreFlower seeds come in so many shapes and sizes! From top to bottom: Statice, Hollyhocks
Read More'Tis the season where we tend to fill our bellies during cold weather. It is also the time when we begin to think about next year's camp season
Read MoreAs we reflect on how much fun this summer was, what better time to plan for the next one?!
Read MoreBelow is a photo of "sheeting", which is one simple method of checking if syrup is ready to be drawn off the pans. If the syrup still has too much water content, it will form droplets instead of the sheet, meaning it needs to boil longer. Since we started boiling a few days ago, you can stop by and see for yourself! Contact us to see what's going on.
Sheeting
It turns out that many farm tractors are infinitely reconfigurable
Read MoreWe had another successful work day last Saturday, November 7th, in which we spread finished compost on some of next year’s garden, moved more compost over to the henyard to finish ‘cooking’ by next summer
Read MoreDear Journey's End Family:
For those of you who have not yet heard, Ralph passed away on Monday, October 12th. He was 95.
Ralph first encountered Journey's End as a counselor in the summer of 1947. He married Marie after Christmas that year, at old Journey's End, in Honeoye, NY.
A few brave souls showed up to help out in the 40 degree rain today.
Read MoreWe had a glorious Work Day today. We:
- made and canned upwards of 9 gallons of apple sauce, and fed the scraps to the pigs
We offer a summer camp for children on a working farm where we grow vegetables, raise animals and make maple syrup from our forest of maple trees. We strive to make minimal impact on and work within the limits of the land we occupy and to teach others to do the same.