Laughing Dog Farm. Gill,MA

This page is about highlighting the potential of small scale, hand driven, permaculture-inspired, organic horticulture and showing the aspiring food grower just how easy, fun and rewarding growing your own can be. Laughing Dog Farm practices a low-till, compost-based, "opportunistic" farming regimen, with an emphasis on intensive cropping in permanent raised beds, fertilized and protected by repeated applications of sheet mulch, compost, cover crops, etc... LDF offers a unique diversity of heirloom vegetables from the mundane to the exotic, including chestnuts, asian pears, kiwis and more. The farm also offers educational workshops on themes like "season extension" and "seed saving". Laughing Dog Farm has also seasonally accepted interns and apprentices, many of whom live on site in exchange for learning, comradery and amazing food...