Hello from the farm at Robins Nest with a working tractor link.

We hope you are all well and had a good holiday season with your family and friends.

2011 was a very interesting year here at Robins Nest. The water feature industry did not fair very well for us as we had one project (swim pond) that left us 30% short of our annual income due to our inability to satisfy the customer, and navigate the very rainy season of 2011. We try to take full responsibility for our work no matter the unreasonble nature of the job at hand or extenuating circumstances (rain) beyond our control. While we could have pursued the matter in court we chose to invest our time in diversification as our key to getting through the season. On a great note, we  managed to build our equipment holdings and write a book on "Garden Swim Ponds" which we plan to release by the end of winter!

The new equipment we bought allows us to diversify into another greater passion of ours, farming. Most of you have received a few treats from the farm in the past, such as garlic or fresh eggs and they always seemed to bring such joy! This inspired us to repurpose our old antiques barn for a unique farm store and to create a gardening program and services called "The Farmers Hand" to be launched in Spring 2012.
Some of you may know that I (chris) have been actively involved with the Master Gardener program for a number of years. Having been on the board of master gardeners and now on the York County Extension Board, my time in this program has led me to believe that  there is a real and growing need for these new services.

Please take a moment and check the program out to see if it is something that could serve your family. If you find that it is not something for you maybe you know a family that could use the service or maybe you'd like to sponsor a family who could really use it or you'd like to help us find families that could benefit from the program. This is very unique and we feel it is a very beneficial service program and we could use your help in some way to get it to who needs it.  As an existing Robins Nest customer, we offer the program to you, any one you sponsor or anyone you find for the program a discount of 95.00 making the membership cost a mere 200.00.

Please, go to this link check it out and let us know what you think! Just click on the tractor. If this doesn't work, just go to: www.thefarmershand.com

Thank you so much for your support over the years!  We look forward to seeing you soon, or in the Spring!

Terri and Chris Paquette