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In the final days in the sugarhouse and during cleanup, we reflected back on the whirlwind that was the 2020 maple season. Although there are many great memories of the old sugarhouse on the Johnson property, we absolutely love our new building and proximity to our main farm. We have much more space for maple production, storage, retail activities, and parking.
We’re moving forward with maple production, but certainly having plenty of conversation about our maple month and maple weekend open houses. THIS WEEKEND WE ARE BUSINESS AS USUAL BUT TAKING PRECAUTIONS. We’re open 10am till 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. We ask you to use common sense, wash your hands, and keep your germs to yourself.
We have so much to share as we move into our 2020 Maple Season at Harding Hill Farm. As a newsletter subscriber, you are the first to receive all this exciting news! We've had some big changes between moving the sugarhouse (only a couple miles!) and rebranding the farm business. I will resume my usual weekly Maple Season updates after the weekend, so stay tuned for more. In the meantime, you may have caught us in the news - we were recently featured in Ausbon Sargent Land Trust's 'Chatter' newsletter and Lake Sunapee Neighbors magazine.
We spent the last year planning and constructing our new sugarhouse adjacent to our main farm. You can find us this season at the corner of Stagecoach Road and NH Route 103 in Sunapee. The new location is just a couple miles east from our previous location. Although we hoped to be further along before the season, we hope you understand as we continue fine-tuning our new setup.
A few highlights
Our retail room will protect you from the elements with more space, woodstove heat, and room to shop and socialize.
Larger evaporator room allows us more room to make syrup and allows you to enjoy a tour
Loft space above for maple sap storage & expanded storage outside for sap and firewood
Larger parking area in our own lot and along the right side of Stagecoach Road
Bathroom - temporary outhouse available. Later this year, we'll finish the permanent one.
Access from the snowmobile trail (weather permitting) and recreational trail system
Are you ready for the smell of maple steam and the taste of spring? Maple month starts this weekend. We're open from 10am till 4pm on Saturday, March 7th and Sunday, March 8th. Expect us to be open for at least four consecutive weekends in March. We just started boiling this week, so we have syrup available... but limited specialty bottles and grade choices.
Get ready for the highlight of the season! We are putting together some fun features to our maple weekend this year. It will include our typical free tours, samples of maple recipes and our own beef, plus a farm-to-table lunch available for purchase from Scott Brothers Meats. Visit our Event on Facebook or our Website for more details as they become available.
We hope you enjoy our new platform to share HHF products, services, and events. I'll also be more active on our farm blog and recipe page. We hope you enjoy these upgraded features. As always, contact us by phone or email with any questions or to request a price/availability list for farm products.
Thank you for supporting local!
~ Kelly Webb
It's been awhile folks! We apologize for the lapse in blog posts and activity on social media this year. I'd like to blame it to our painfully slow internet... yes we can still only get satellite access! However, it really is more about the crazy juggle of family, farm, and business responsibilities. I just finished reading 'Good Night Farm' and tucked in our little boy - who is 14 months old now, how did that happen?! So here I sit on a rainy night with our Acer dog at my feet, ready to fill you in on all the farm happenings. With a glass of wine in hand, I'm staying motivated!
First and foremost, visit us at the farm this Saturday for our Fall Open Farm Day! We are open to the public from 10am till 3pm on the main farm located at 524 Stagecoach Road. You'll have the opportunity to see our Belted Galloway cattle up close, enjoy the farm views, and chat about our new sugarhouse build. We have a full supply of homegrown grass fed beef and maple syrup available for sale. Also a limited supply of Bourbon Barrel Aged Syrup too! We're featuring a sale on ground beef - $6.50 per pound OR $6.00 per pound if you purchase 10 pounds or more. To sweeten the deal, I'll have some farm fresh snacks as well. Please like and share our HHF Open Farm Day Event on Facebook, and stop by on Saturday.
As you may have read in our Spring Newsletter, our maple operation is MOVING to the corner of Stagecoach Road and NH Route 103 to kick off the 2020 season. The Webb family has spent 50 wonderful years in the historic sugarhouse on the Johnson family property each spring. This year, we made the decision to move forward with a long awaited dream to build a new sugarhouse on our own property.
You can find our sugarhouse build on the corner of Stagecoach Road and NH Route 103, just down the hill from the main farm. Through late spring and early summer, we worked diligently on the planning and permitting process to get this project underway. We cleared a patch of woods between the old railroad tracks (now snowmobile trail) and Route 103. The site has great visibility from the main roads, snowmobile access, and is a quick walk/ride from our main farm. The downside - minimal maple trees! We've always trucked in most of our maple sap from other owned forestland, so that doesn't change things much for us. Ideally, we will get some sugar maples planted so the next generation can have more taps on site.
Our site work was time consuming, but finally reached completion in August. In September, the post and beam structure started going up! Stay tuned for more pictures and updates as it gets further along in construction.
We have green firewood available for $255 per cord. Firewood orders are cut, split and delivered locally. We will quote you a delivery charge for longer distances. Seasoned firewood is NOT available at this time. Email or call if interested in placing an order.
Our crew is busy as ever offering quality tree care services to the Sunapee region. Tyler is working through the backlog of projects. If you have a job in mind, feel free to contact him for a free consultation. Tyler is a certified arborist offering pruning, removals, fertilization, and cabling. Any new contracts are booking out into November, weather permitting. We work on contracted jobs until our first snow. Any jobs left on the waiting list will be scheduled for Spring 2020. We like to leave a property looking its best, and once snow hits... its quite difficult to clean up debris and sawdust. We take pride in quality tree care that leaves your property looking its best!
Once again, we would love to see all of you THIS SATURDAY for our Open Farm Day from 10am till 3pm. You can also contact us any time for farm product price lists, availability, and options for pickup.
Enjoy the leaf peeping, because its only 79 days until Christmas! Our wood-fired, delicious maple syrup makes a great gift. We also do customized glass bottles for local businesses, weddings, and special events. If you have an idea in mind, ask for a quote!
Keep checking back with us on social media and blog posts as we make progress on the sugarhouse build. We can't wait to invite you to our March 2020 grand opening!
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