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Summer 2024 Knots and Bolts

Stewardship on Stone Fence Farm

Farm landscape
An aerial view of Stone Fence Farm in Unity, New Hampshire. Property owners and foresters Laura French and Jeremy Turner reclaimed the homestead opening in 2012 and built the house the following year. Photos courtesy of Stone Fence Farm.

The Summer 2024 issue of Northern Woodlands includes an article by Rebecca Perkins Hanissian describing efforts by Laura French and Jeremy Turner to enhance their 240 acres of forestland and fields in Unity, New Hampshire. The couple, who both work as foresters for Meadowsend Consulting Company, purchased the land in 2009. This “Web Extra” includes several photos that didn’t fit on the printed pages.

Farm pollinators
Monarch and fritillary butterflies nectar on wild bergamot in the pollinator garden.
Farm sugarhouse
Laura and Jeremy stand in front of their sugarhouse.
Prescribed burn
In 2017, a wildfire crew monitors a 10-acre prescribed burn on Stone Fence Farm.
After prescribed burn
Laura stands in a patch of forest hours after it was burned. Since this photo, the area has developed into biodiverse early succession habitat.
Bird workshop
Participants enjoy a birding workshop on Stone Fence Farm in 2019.

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