Sholan Farms [Leominster, MA]

From Picnic Table to Post-and-Beam Farm Stand:
One Sunday, some volunteers were reminiscing about selling apples from picnic tables near the now-burnt barn and out of the back of their trunks as they stood in front of the post-and-beam farm stand being constructed. Of course, in between the picnic tables and the post-and-beam structure, there was the little gray shed that now serves the important role of supplies-keeper. But, what about the post-and-beam farm stand? The idea of building the farm stand sprouted from the Barn Team after the Old Barn burned. The Barn Team is a subgroup of the Friends of Sholan Farms whose goal was to restore the original barn and whose goal now is to re-build the original barn, but in the mean time, they thought of the farm stand. Team members inspired with the idea of the farm stand were Eric Starbard, Steve Smith, Allan VanWert, Don Piermarini, David Erickson, Mayor Mazzarella, Mike Marini and Joanne DiNardo. The barn designer and builder is Eric Starbard. Eric also mills the beams at his lumber mill, and is said to cut the beams with a chain saw. Helping the build the farm stand are Phil Catorio and Dave Erickson's team.

Here are some pictures of the construction of our new farm stand!