Edgewater Farm
Edgewater Farm is a family farm located along the alluvial plains of the Connecticut River in Plainfield, NH.
Originally a five generation family farm, Edgewater Farm was owned by the Colby Family from 1835 to 1974.
The Colby family cut and sold firewood, eggs, butter and buttermilk in neighboring West Lebanon.
The family’s long tenure of stewardship came to an end when Pooh and Anne Sprague took up residence at the farm in 1974, not more than a mile from where Anne grew up.
Her family still owns and operates Mac’s Happy Acres Farm (McNamara Dairy), a diverse multi generational dairy farm that processes milk and has a large maple sugar enterprise.
Although initially the two Spragues maintained outside employment (Anne as an elementary school teacher and Pooh as a day laborer, ski patroller and part-time musician), they were encouraged by their county agents William Lord and by Stan Colby (previous owner of the farm and also a former UNH county agent) to try growing strawberries on the farm.
Typical months as the farm reported them. Weather moves these by a week or two — call before you drive.