Broken Boat Farm LLC

ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF FOSTER HILL ROAD AND SURROUNDING STREETS
A bear came onto the property last night, breaking into the back of the barn where the goats are, and thankfully they were able to escape. My neighbor called me at 11pm to say the goats were under his window and the bear was 100ft away at their garage.
Poor Goat Simmons was attacked and bleeding from several spots when we picked him up at the intersection of Chelsea Court & Foster Hill Road. Thankfully the emergency farm vet answered at midnight and I am so grateful all of Goat Simmons’ wounds are minor and did not require the emergency farm vet coming out.
By 2am we had reinforced the back of the barn and cleaned Goat’s wounds, but Wayne Goatzky refused to come anywhere near the barn. I had spent over an hour chasing him around the farm property trying to lure him back with grain to no avail and eventually had to call it at 3am.
Wayne was missing from the property early this morning but thankfully came home just after 9am and was unharmed.
Everyone please be aware and keep your eyes peeled. If the bear attacks your livestock and pets, contact Fish & Game after you have tended to your animals.

Kroger can label eggs ‘farm fresh’ even if they weren’t produced by ‘hens frolicking in elysian green pastures,’ federal judge rules CHICAGO — Kroger can label eggs “farm fresh” even if they are produced by hens living in industrial confinement, a federal judge ruled in a decision dismissing a prospective class-action

Looking and feeling more like Theodon pre-Gandalf,
I'm sadly too old to be of the Hobbit generation.

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✨✨✨This Thursday (August 1,2024)✨✨✨ is our first ever paster walk with Granite State Graziers and the New Boston Conservation Commission
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Join us at Saunders Pasture to kick off the walk!! (Please park in the Saunders Pasture lot and not on the side of the road)
I’ve never hosted/participated in a pasture walk before but y’all will be able to meet the sheep (from the other side of the electric solar netting)
And representatives from the New Boston Conservation Commission will be present to answer specific questions regarding the conservation land and its native species
I recommend sensible footwear, mosquito &tick spray, and water in case you get thirsty. Get your questions ready and be ready to walk just some of New Boston’s beautiful conservation lands!! (open dawn to dusk)
We can’t wait to see y’all there!!

Join us for our next pasture walk! Register at the link for FREE.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grazing-conservation-land-tickets-946616695017?aff=oddtdtcreator

ONE WEEK AWAY
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We look forward to seeing y'all there!!

EXCITING NEWS BROKEN BOATERS!!!!
Granite State Graziers reached to see if we would be interested in teaming up for one of their pasture walks!!
Please join us August 1st for this free event and please register below so the Granite State Graziers can obtain an accurate head count 😁😁
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grazing-conservation-land-tickets-946616695017?aff=oddtdtcreator
https://grazenh.com/
We can't wait to see you there!!

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August 1st is our ✨free✨ pasture walk with Granite State Graziers
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Please register so they can obtain an accurate headcount and we'll see you there!!

Conservation ares are essential to a variety of native plants and animal species. Join us for our next pasture walk to learn more about their importance as well as the unique way of managing them.
Register for FREE below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grazing-conservation-land-tickets-946616695017

Today’s words of inspiration!
P.S. Please, just don’t be a touron! 🦬

✨✨Hiring - Vegetation Removal Specialist✨✨
This is an outdoor seasonal position working with goats. After the goats have chewed the vegetation to the stems, you will come in behind the goats and manually pull poison ivy, bittersweet, wild grapes, wild berries, multiflora rose, in addition to other vegetation not mentioned.
The position is 1099 paid weekly at a fixed rate of $150/day (8am-4pm). The Livestock Grazing Season ends in September or October, depending on the weather.
3 days paid on-job-training & trial to ensure a good fit due to the manual labor involved in removing vegetation in addition to working outside. The ideal candidate will be available Monday-Friday although candidates with 3 or 4 days availability will also be considered.
Email [email protected] for more information and to schedule an interview.

EXCITING NEWS BROKEN BOATERS!!!!
Granite State Graziers reached to see if we would be interested in teaming up for one of their pasture walks!!
Please join us August 1st for this free event and please register below so the Granite State Graziers can obtain an accurate head count 😁😁
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grazing-conservation-land-tickets-946616695017?aff=oddtdtcreator
https://grazenh.com/
We can't wait to see you there!!

Have a happy & safe 4th of July weekend everyone!!
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"No man becomes great on his own. No woman becomes great on her own. The people around them help to make them great.
We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves.” - Matthew Kelly

Meet Vincent VanGoat, Hermione Grazer, and Meryl Sheep, just a few of the cute and wildly efficient animals fromBroken Boat Farm LLC. This livestock landscaping business was tailor-made for the Granite State, and it has seen unbelievable growth in a short time span.

Read more about Kelly and her cleverly named animals in our latest blog post.

https://hannahgrimes.com/what-do-you-get-with-9-goats-30-sheep-and-10k-a-farming-business-on-its-way/

Be safe, stay hydrated

Be safe

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What did we Thursday? Oh just spent the morning and afternoon all over Loudon looking for these 5 escape artist, only to get a call at 9:30pm that they had been spotted down the road from the job site
Thank you to Loudon PD for herding Helga the Horned, her twin lambs, Gunmental, and Gunmental's lamb back to the job site
Thank you to our clients for their help & assistance, and finding humor in the whole ordeal
Below is a pic of Loudon's most wanted 🤣🤣🤣

"NH Gives : Tuesday & Wednesday, June 11 & 12
NH Gives is the state's largest day-of-giving, bringing together hundreds of nonprofits and tens of thousands of donors to raise as much money and awareness as possible for the causes served by NH's nonprofit sector.
At Hannah Grimes, much of our funding comes from project-specific grants. Unrestricted donations like yours are invaluable in supporting our daily operations.
Some of the work your support allows us to sustain includes:
✨Capital access for local entrepreneurs
✨One on one business coaching
✨Discounted conference room and office rentals for local organizations
✨Sector specific support for farmers, childcare providers, and more"

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Support Hannah Grimes Center | NH Gives 2024 I’m ready to support Hannah Grimes Center on June 11, 2024 during NH Gives 2024. Learn more about Hannah Grimes Center and all the other organizations participating in NH Gives 2024.

Opening night is tonight!!

Tonight opening up the 2024 Henniker Concert Series is Peabody’s Coal Train ! See you at 6:00PM

I can't thank The Hannah Grimes Center and all the wonderful staff enough for all the support!!💖💖💖

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Where did all the fireflies glow?

We get asked the question all the time - hey, why don't I see that many lightning bugs anymore? The simple answer is, maybe your community is no longer a good habitat for them. Before we get to the longer answer of why you're not seeing them anymore, you need to know how this beetle starts out life.

Fireflies lay their eggs in the ground where they then mature into glow worms. It's during this larval stage where they spend all their time eating other, tinier insects. Born and raised in the duff, they need the leaves that naturally litter the ground.

That’s why it's important to leave your backyards and street sides as untouched as possible every autumn to preserve the larvae and small insects living in the leaf litter. This helps to ensure a healthy, new year of fireflies.

Ok, leave the leaves, but what are some other ways to help?

💡Turn off outdoor lights in the evening. If you have inside lights on, close the blinds
💡Plant native plants
💡Mow grass less frequently and raise the length of the cut to 4 inches
💡When leaves drop in the fall, rake them if you want, but keep them in your yard
💡Use non-pesticide solutions for insect control

Check out the comments for more ways you can help re-glow and re-grow the firefly population.

Photo courtesy of Jessica Lucia (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Belated thank you to everyone who came out to Henniker Handmade & Homegrown this past weekend!!
The goats, Silver, and Annabelle loved seeing y'all and can't wait to see you again in the fall
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