I returned to the Day Road farms last Sunday for my first Farm Walk.
The walk, 2.2 miles in total, covered a number of different properties under various stages of development, from actively being farmed to actively being reclaimed by the forest.
![tower and vines](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440278254_4r3AJ-M.jpg)
We started at the farm stand and made our first stop at the historic water tower recently moved from Winslow.
![pumpkin patch and eagle](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440278288_JL2HA-M.jpg)
The pumpkin field, tilled and covered in snow, under the watchful eye of a bald eagle (the black speck near the top of the tall tree).
![horses](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440278416_ktkaP-M.jpg)
Betsey Wittick, of Laughing Crow Farm, uses horses in lieu of tractors for hauling and other field work – it’s a site to behold.
![walking through the snow](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440278678_SQ5vX-M.jpg)
The group made its way past Betsey’s fields toward Akio Suyematsu’s raspberries growing in rows and, like us, standing tall against the winter cold and snow.
![m & e](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440278897_9ndAy-M.jpg)
On to M & E and the site of yesterday’s work party – looking much the same except for the blanket of snow.
![heaven](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440279123_f8vSM-M.jpg)
Snow makes an evergreen more majestic.
![morales from perennial](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440279340_Z8MNW-M.jpg)
From M & E to Perennial Vintners – the view to the South takes in the Morales property, new home of the greenhouse.
![morales](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/photos/440279539_uF9ZC-M.jpg)
The Morales property offers hope of affordable housing for farmers and farming interns though much work, time and money will be needed to bring that future to fruition.
I really enjoyed the walk and intend to make this a seasonal event.