Wednesday seeding work party. 4/9, 10-2pm. Friday biodynamic stir and spray. 4/11, 3:30 pm. Kacee, Pete, and Caitlin will lead a stirring and spray of the horn manure preparation (500) to encourage soil life. All are welcome to join. We expect to stir and spray various BD preparations at least once a month. Saturday, Earth Day concert with…
Dear Fellow Farm Members and Friends, We had a productive workday last Saturday preparing for the new growing season. Kate and Kacee worked inside the greenhouse. Forrest built a new shelf. Outside, Abby and Rob repaired the plastic. Karen shelled beans accompanied by Karibou, Pete, Marijo, Ayla, and many others! All this was followed by a lively…
On March 22, to honor the Oestara, the Spring Equinox, we had a workday for spring clean up and greenhouse repair. We also had a Tea Ceremony around a fire, to honor the seeds! We met our farmers and welcomed the coming season! Kacee Jones: mentored under Mark Abrams all last season, willing to be lead…
Terry supports the animal care team. Hecreated a special casing to protect the hose from freezing up as it travels downhill inbetween the two barns, from the hydrant to the animal trough. When the super cold snap of -0 weather out smarted him, he shlepped water every day for a week from the house, till he…
Dear Fellow Farm members and friends, King Winter and the Snow Queen have arrived! The winter care team is dedicated! I asked them to send me selfies so I can introduce you to them. Pete, seen here with Fern, Jahnavi and Luna inside the bale feeder. Pete learned how to use the tractor to move a round bale once a…
Dear fellow farm members and friends, Last Tuesday on new year’s eve we met to grind gold, frankincense and myrrh into a sticky paste. On Sunday we met at the farm to stir the paste into a liquid biodynamic preparation. Karen, Kacee, Peter, Dolores, Nigel, Gaia, Mateo, and Lucia gathered around the firepit and then…
Dear fellow farm members, The winter care team has been out every day to care for the animals, so every day is a work day! Last saturday Karen, Kacee and Lucia walked the fields and started some seed planning. It was unusually balmy and Terry came to work on the Ford tractor that will brush…
Dear fellow farm members, Wednesday was a good day to compost Old Pasture.Thank you Terry and Nigel! Perhaps we can do more on saturday. We discovered the electric tractor does not like cold weather. Margarete and Karen prepared cardboard. Beans with instructions are in the greenhouse for anyone to take and process for planting in…
Dear fellow farm members, The farm has shifted into winter mode and still there is always something to do! Work days continue for those who want to come out. Last saturday Karen, Abby and Hanna prepared cardboard in the greenhouse. Terry trained Pete on watering the animals and moving round bales into the outdoor feeder….
Howdy Farm Folks! Its not often you get an email from me ha! This past Saturday (Dec. 1) we had a chilly willy time preparing the animal enclosures. Susan, Tom, and their two grandchildren came out to help cut plastic and staple them to the windows. The kiddos were very excited to learn how to…
