MEREDITH — The Meredith Conservation Commission will host a spring bird walk at the Page Pond Town Forest. The walk will be led by Dan Mullarkey and Kelly Hansen, local ornithologist and expert birdwatcher.
LACONIA — The Laconia Kiwanis Club will host its annual Bike 'n' Board Safety Day on Saturday, May 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Laconia Skateboard Park located at Opechee Park.
BELMONT — The Belmont Parks & Recreation Department and the Belmont Conservation Commission are sponsoring a community presentation by the Six Legged Society about steps that citizens can take to foster sustainability and conservation efforts for plants and pollinators, protect lakes and…
CONCORD — Join NH LAKES for free webinars for the “Explore Lakes with NH LAKES” webinar series.
HOLDERNESS ― The Squam Lake Natural Science Center is offering multiple activities and events in April.
GILFORD — The 38th Annual Island Clean-up Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 26, for island residents of Gilford, where Department of Public Works staff will accept appliances, bagged leaves, furniture, brush and clean wood cut in 3-foot chunks.
GILFORD — Stay informed about local island life this summer by attending the 2025 Summer Meeting hosted by the Gilford Islands Association and learn about loons, aquatic life and more on Monday, July 28.
After 20 years raising cattle, you'd think I'd be unaffected by June, the cow who walks over looking for scratches, or Tazzy, the mini-pig grunting for dinner. But despite the years, the critters still pull on my heartstrings. I melt when Venus, one of my Belted Galloway calves, looks at me …
Twenty years ago, I was a vegetarian. Now I eat meat, but not just any meat. Unless I know the beef was raised on the right kind of farm, I’ll go vegetarian.
WOLFEBORO — New Hampshire Boat Museum will host Lake Discovery Family Days on Thursdays, July 27 and Aug. 4, a free program in which kids can engage in a variety of interactive, boat-related activities themed around lake ecology, arts and crafts and games.
The yearlings crowded around the pan, butting each other for the best spot. You’d think the pan contained yummy grain, but I had filled it with coarse red granules of minerals instead. Cattle, just like humans, need minerals to survive, and the yearling herd had been without salt for a few days.
Every myth has at least a grain of truth. It doesn’t matter how small that truth might be; it gives life to the bigger myth. Here’s one I hear from almost every visitor to the farm. “Don’t stand behind a horse. You’ll get kicked.”
The 1957 Sears Christmas Book offers a pony — not a little girl’s toy — a living pony. Carole hunts for the page with his picture. The accompanying text says the pony will be shipped in a crate, which doesn’t seem strange, but the price does. The pony costs $179. She’s never seen that kind o…
The bellowing in the holding pen stopped as I walked across the barnyard. Five calves watched me open the gate to come in and feed them in the pen — a space I think of as the nursery. A day earlier, I had separated these calves from their moms. Why do we keep the mothers and babies separate?…
Most of the Miles Smith Farm cattle respect fences. Fencing (not the kind with swords) is not a "one-and-done" thing. It's more like car maintenance; repairs are inevitable and necessary.
Four more calves were born last week. I’m always thrilled when a calf is born, especially when it stands and nurses on its own. When a calf is born, I like to bring the mother and baby to the safety of the holding pen so that the pair can bond without the interference of the herd, and I can …
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