Keep Ridge Farm

06/14/2026

Spent the morning skidding some big spruce logs with the team. Hot, sticky and buggy but they did well!

06/13/2026

We had our best day ever at Houlton Community Market today, but have a few veggies remaining. Stop by the farm to get yours.

Thank you to all who came to the Market today.

06/06/2026

My friend Bill came and visited us at the Houlton Community Market today. His visits make my day.

I first met Bill four years ago, our first year doing Market. I had driven our old truck, a 1930 Model A, to the market and broke down on the way home. I pulled over, opened the hood, and found a broken fan belt.

When I stood up, Bill was walking out of his garage. “Nice truck!” he said, pointing from a distance away with this cane. I lifted my hand and showed him the broken belt: “Give me a minute.” he said, as he slowly turned and went back into his garage.

A few minutes later he emerged and joined me on the side of the road with a pile of belts. We laid them out on the tailgate and compared each one to the broken one, finally finding a close match. We got it installed, and started the truck. With the old motor running as it should, we introduced ourselves. He invited me in to see his garage to see the old hot rod he was building, so I parked the Model A and took him up on his offer. Needless to say, I had broken down in the right place.

Every year since Bill has visited us at the market handful of times. He will update me on his health, deliver handled paper bags he saves for us to use as Market bags, and is free to go home with whatever farm goods he wants, an offer he won’t always take us up on.

06/05/2026

Chip and I played school bus today/

05/30/2026

Today’s Houlton Community Market started slow. It was the first market of the year, unseasonably cold, and in a different location. We prepared ourselves for a disappointing day.

Then familiar faces started showing up. Some brought friends. The market got busy, and the time went by fast. It’s our 4th year at the Market, and the other vendors and regular customers feel like family now.

We had multiple chicken customers today and talked to many of them about what makes our chickens a bit different. Most notably it’s the space, they are raised on our pasture, with room to roam. A few strands of electric wire define their space, but it’s only to keep the other animals out of their grain. We move their shelter twice a day to the grass fresh and their manure spread out.

Farming can be exhausting, especially during the spring . We’ve had multiple days this month that have started before 6am, where the first time we sit down is for dinner after 8pm and still need to make one last trip to the barn after.

Days like today, and our love for the work, give us the energy to keep at it. Thank you to all who came to the Market, and to those who shop at the Farm. Without you, small Farms like ours wouldn’t exist.

05/30/2026

Yesterday morning we processed 100 chickens, and then were up late packing for today’s Houlton Community Market. We are now all set up and will be here until 12:30. We have a few early vegetables, and freezers full of chicken, pork and goat meat.

05/27/2026

First farmers market this Saturday.

This Saturday is Houlton Community Market's first market of the 2026 season. We will be located at our temporary spot by Cary Library, on the corner of Main St and Broadway. Be sure to stop by, say hello, and see what spring goodies are available. 8:30 to 12:30

05/22/2026

Happy goats on pasture.

05/22/2026

Our 3 horses went out on loan yesterday, were hitched all together for the first time and played nicely plowing a neighbors field for planting. Left to right Chip, Jules and Leroy.