The seventy-one acres that comprise Picadilly Farm have been agricultural lands for many generations. Prior to Picadilly, the farm was a dairy farm, run for 35 years by the Hudson family. We, Jenny and Bruce Wooster, purchased the farm from Albert and Judy Hudson, after a year-long transition of ownership in 2006. Albert and Judy are neighbors of the farm now, and we have a deep commitment to maintaining the fields and buildings with the same level of attention and care as they did.
The farm boasts about forty acres of prime agricultural soils, a treasure of the Connecticut River Valley. Each season, we grow produce crops on fifteen of these acres, soil-building cover crops on nine acres, and permanent conservation, erosion preventing crops on the field edges. There are also several acres of wetlands, eighteen acres of woods, and a stream that winds down to the Connecticut River about half a mile away. The farm has two homes, a barn complex, and four greenhouses. It’s is a vibrant, alive place, home to many, including our family. Also residing here are our animals – barn cats, hens and honeybees – and plenty of wildlife. We’ve seen moose, coyotes, fox, skunks, woodchucks, more deer than we prefer, many types of birds, and evidence of one bear (who enjoyed the contents of a honeybee hive for dinner one spring night).
Two-thirds of the farm is conserved by an easement with the State of New Hampshire. Development on the conserved acres is restricted to that which is consistent with agricultural use.
Many thanks to the Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition for creating this video of the farm.
Please note that we no longer offer CSA shares.