Corn grows along the roadway at Maplecroft Farm in Ipswich, a 250-acre property that will be preserved. Rolled bales of hay (below) at the farm last month.
(John Blanding/Globe Staff)
Open to possibilities
More communities north of Boston are turning a focus to preserving land, despite the economy
Corn grows along the roadway at Maplecroft Farm in Ipswich, a 250-acre property that will be preserved. Rolled bales of hay (below) at the farm last month.
(John Blanding/Globe Staff)
Emerald hills tumble into grassy fields. Picket fences unevenly trace dirt roads. Tractors and scattered hay bales; cattle nibbling in pastures that greet far-off woods; weeping willows and salt marshes rattled by gusts of ocean wind. (Full article: 1695 words)
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