Plowing Clinic
May, 2012
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
Students of College of the Atlantic learned how to use a walking plow. Students learned both how to handle the plow and how to drive the horses by maintaining an appropriate speed, keeping them in the furrow, and turning them to line up for the next furrow.
Driving Clinic
Summer, 2012 | Summer 2013
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
Students at our driving clinics learn many skills. Depending on the level of the clinic, students will learn how to harness a horse and understand the proper fit of a harness, how to ground drive a single horse, hitch a single horse, ground drive a team, hitch a team, drive an implement from the ground, and how to drive an implement while riding.
Reaper Binder Demo
August, 2012
Charleston, Maine
Rebuild and Demonstration
Manure Spreader
August, 2012
Charleston, Maine
Rebuild and Demonstration
Milking Demonstration
Summer, 2012 | Summer, 2013
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
Twice daily we milk our cow, Lily. We allow anyone who is interested to watch and participate in this event.
Maple Syruping with the Peninsula School
Spring 2013
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
Three grades from the Peninsula School came out to help collect sap, watch a boil and taste the final product.
Livestock Management Tour
Summer 2013
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
Apprentices at farms in Maine were invited to tour the farm and talk about different livestock management practices.
Small Farm Field Day
Summer 2013
MOFGA
Unity, Maine
Farm Tomorrow was invited to this educational field day sponsored by MOFGA. Participants learned to harness, hitch and drive a pair of horses.
Children’s Garden
Summer 2013
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
Children selected flower seeds, planted, transplanted, weeded and harvested from their own row in the children’s garden.
Common Ground Fair
Summer 2013
MOFGA
Unity, Maine
Farm Tomorrow participated in this 3 day long showcase of rural agriculture sponsored by MOFGA by bringing a pair of horses to demonstrate harnessing and field techniques.
Low Impact Forestry Workshop
Fall 2013
MOFGA
Unity, Maine
We brought a pair of horses to this workshop to work one on one with participants learning to use horses in the woods.
Pam Harmon Day at Sumner High School
Spring 2015
Sumner High School
Gouldsboro, Maine
We brought a pair of horses to the high school to participate in Pam Harmon Day. We taught several sessions throughout the day to students. They learned how to brush, harness and drive the horses. It was a very rewarding day for all.
Milbridge Elementary Visits the Farm
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The K-3rd grade classes came out to see the farm. They learned about all the animals and what they do on the farm.
Rebuilding the Ella Lewis Greenhouse
Spring 2015
Ella Lewis School
Steuben, Maine
The Ella Lewis school lost their greenhouse to snow load last winter. In order for them to continue using it, we helped them construct a new greenhouse in time to use it in the spring. Students from Sumner High School also came over to help the students at Ella Lewis.
Kindergarten’s Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
First Grades’ Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
Second Grades’ Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
Third Grades’ Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
Fourth Grades’ Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
Fifth Grades’ Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
Sixth Grades’ Visit to the Demonstration Garden
Spring 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden and tour the farm. See our blog for more.
Harvest with the Peninsula School
Fall 2015
Mandala Farm
Gouldsboro, Maine
The classes at the Peninsula School came out to plant rows in the demonstration garden last spring. Now they have returned to harvest corn, potatoes, watermelons, gourds, tomatoes and winter squash. Students brought some produce home and some to the school cafeteria. See our blog for more.
