East Princeton, Massachusetts




Photographs taken with a bridge camera journaling nature and everyday life in Central Massachusetts and beyond.
Author: jmankowsky
There’s a golden world waiting on the MeadowTrail paths at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary.
Approach to the sheep and cow barns.
Bluebird boxes.
It’s apple time in Central Massachusetts. There are over 40 orchards in this area to visit!
Bolton Orchards, Bolton, Massachusetts
Before…
Last March, I traveled to Backyard Music in Willimantic, Connecticut, to pick up my first handmade folk harp.
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Members of the Pollard family have been working Ashland Farm since 1730.
Ashland Farms, New Braintree, Massachusetts
This local field is usually planted in corn. However, this year I noticed that the plants are more pointy at the top with closely planted rows, and have copious weeds in between . An internet research leads me to believe it is sorghum, which is used as silage.
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North Brookfield and New Braintree, Massachusetts
To refresh and renew the front yard, combine seeds and plant cuttings collected last fall with duct tape and spray paint.
Worcester County, where I live, leads the state in the number of farms.
Within a few miles from me, I enjoy visiting this farm.
It’s sweet corn time in Massachusetts!
Aw, shucks, I’ll buy a dozen.
In order to create a super fresh vegetarian meal, I add my own home grown cukes, tomatoes, arugala,
Green and yellow beans,