We do not use any herbicides here on the farm. Instead we make most of our own woodchips and control weeds by mulching in  pathways and around all our perennials, shrubs, and trees.

Our Mahaleb cherries are in full bloom now at Lightfoot Farm. We are busy potting up perennial plants for the farmers markets in Northfield and Waitsfield, VT. We have strawberry plants, Boyne raspberry plants, meadow arnica, Nanking cherries, yellow Siberian iris, catnip, chocolate peppermint, lupines, liatris, and more. Come check out Northfield Farmers Market on Tuesdays 3-6 pm on the common and the Waitsfield Farmers Market on Saturdays 9-1. 

We will be at the National Life Simply Crafts Fair in Montpelier this Friday, November 6 from 4:30 to 7:30 pm and this Saturday, November 7 from 9 am to 3 pm. Come check out our beautiful dried floral wreaths and taste and smell our farm grown herbal teas. Try our delicious maple sweetened jams. We will also be at the St. John's Church in Northfield, VT Sat. Nov. 14, 9 am to 3 pm and Sun.  Nov. 15, 10 am to 2 pm. Then come visit us at the Thanksgiving Market at the Round Barn in Waitsfield, VT Sun. Nov. 22 10 am to 2 pm.

Lightfoot Farm herbal teas are now available in tea bags in five flavors: Taste of Summer, Special-Tea for Sleep, Tulsi, Wild Peppermint, and Time for Pause. They are for sale at the Falls General Store in Northfield, VT and at the Northfield and Waitsfield Farmers' Markets.

We are currently building a greenhouse here on the farm and we will be using it mostly to dry our herbs on drying racks. This will allow us to produce even better quality dried herbs for our Lightfoot Farm herbal teas.

This beautiful Canterbury Bell was purchased last year by a happy customer who loved the flower so much that she sent us this photo. We have lots of Canterbury Bell plants for sale this year, along with lupine, foxglove, oriental poppy, balloon flower, strawberry, & raspberry plants. These plants can be purchased at the Waitsfield Farmers' Market on Saturdays  9-1 and at the Northfield Farmers' Market on Tuesdays 3-6. They can also be purchased at the farm in Northfield Falls. Call 485-7444 for appt.

1 oz. Loose Leaf Tulsi Tea available for only $5.50, free shipping. Call 802-485-7444 or e-mail [email protected].

We are getting ready to start new seedlings. This year we plan on expanding production of lavender that we will be drying and using as one of the ingredients in the Special Tea. This tea is one of our best selling teas and helps people to fall asleep more easily and to get back to sleep if they awake in the middle of the night. We have also been expanding production of blackberries and raspberries as these flavors are so popular in our jams. We will also be boiling our maple sap soon to make this season's maple syrup. We have been using mostly maple syrup for sweetener over the past year as we can market our product as completely grown in Vermont. This is a change from our use of predominantly agave syrup.  Looking forward to the coming growing season!