Camp Treetops

The buckets are hung on the maples with care, in hopes that spring soon will be here. If you’ve ever doused your pancakes in maple syrup during a Camp Treetops summer, then you’ve enjoyed the delicious bounty of North Country School’s sugar maple sap harvest. And if you’ve ever stacked firewood by the sugar shack, […]

Early every morning, while dew still clings to the grass, a group of campers on the Garden Harvest farm chore help the farmers to gather all of the produce that is needed for the day. They pull beets from the soil, cut lettuce, and pluck green beans that hide among leaves and vines. Everything gets […]

Beneath a layer of rich soil, garlic bulbs are showing signs of life after a long winter lying dormant. Thin, green scapes are growing from the bulbs, pushing upwards towards the surface. Soon some of them will poke their heads out into the fresh mountain air for the first time. These garlic scapes will be […]

A Wannabe Farmer’s Guide to Mindfulness Photo and narrative by Katie Carey  Halfway through my 12-week farm internship at Camp Treetops & North Country School, I found the shiny excitement that comes with being in a new place begin to tarnish. Standing in noonday sun, blinking salty sweat from eyelashes, desperately trying to untangle sheep […]

Farm Blog Written By Nick Kramer Despite the challenges of alpine farming, tucked away as we are among the High Peaks, a summer stroll through the Treetops and NCS campus reveals a verdant creativity. Our succession of delicate forays into this natural ecosystem has been made by humans passionate about its beauty and excited to figure […]

Farm Blog Written By Jess Wegrzyn It’s an exciting time on the farm! The delicate white sugar snap pea blossoms float in and amongst the riotous tangle of vines. The first succession of leafy greens are nearly harvest-ready. Tiny sweet peppers hang like lanterns down from tender stems. Vibrant pops of color are speckled throughout the […]

By Caroline Golden, farm intern The last day of a Treetops summer finally arrived. Supers held each other tightly as they sniffed back farewell-for-now tears. As I watched counselors hug their campers goodbye, it was unclear who had touched whose lives more this summer. I empathized with a tiny Junior Camper’s heartfelt sniffles over the upcoming school year apart. I […]

Recently, during Treetops Visitor Weekend, we welcomed many new and returning faces to the farm. This peek into the world where campers have been living familiarized parents and friends with the tastes and smells of the food we grow. They discovered the way that our fields make way for gardens, as well as the sights of the woods and […]

Here in the North Country spring has finally begun to bloom into summer. This time of transition bears many layers as we continue to brush away the dust of winter past. As sheep, chickens, pigs, and goats make their journey from nested stalls and coops out to pasture, their presence in the barnyard is replaced […]

The day of chicken harvest is always one of mixed emotions. There is nervousness, discomfort, sadness, pride, but overwhelmingly there is a sense of reverence, a word that we use often as we prepare ourselves for this community work. We feel reverence for the birds that are giving their life to sustain us. Reverence for […]