Trail Crawl 2014
Fifteenth Annual Trail Crawl from The Farm to Abeyance – April 6, 2014 FIRST STOP – MUFFINS AND SMOOTHIES MOVING OUT SECOND STOP – KEBABS ON THE BARBIE CREEK CROSSING THIRD STOP – BONFIRE AND SHELLFISH […]
Spring Exuberance
All those years we lived in the tropics we heard from northerners that they wouldn’t want to live without the seasons, especially Spring. And while at least for us, we easily reveled in the nuances of tropical seasons, it’s true, Spring is a glorious event after a long, cold winter when nothing green can be
Writer’s Haven
In which Camille and Stephanie spend a week together doing some writing and playing with critters – April 24-30, 2014 OUR HOSTS Camille was welcomed by Stephanie, Andrea and Ed and put up like royalty with beautiful views of George Washington National Forest. In addition to demonstrating outrageous hospitality, Andrea is the guiding hand
Shenandoah Orchard
Writer’s Break – A trip to a blooming apple orchard – April 27, 2014 Steph’s Pics Stephanie had scoped out this photo op spot weeks ago as a place to return to after the trees had begun to bloom. Hoping we had the timing right, Stephanie drove us out to the
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MARCH, 2014 ISSUE #154
We made our way happily though March, spending a lot of time outside, starting up the garden, exorcising winter with a bonfire and in general inching our way towards warmer weather in fits and starts with temperature swings from just above freezing to shorts and flip flop weather. WINTER GO AWAY Amy and
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Greenhouse Building
Bob and Malcolm continue making progress on the Greenhouses they are building at The Plant – March, 2014 MARCH 10TH The doors and windows have been framed in and Bob uses a Solar Pathfinder to see how much sun will reach the greenhouse. EYE OF THE BEHOLDER It’s always good to
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That Nature Thing
Always the nature freaks, we’ll go out and wander through the woods no matter the weather. But it’s a whole lot more fun when the weather is nice and this month Mother Nature was definitely in a good mood. – March, 2014 FIRST BLOOM – MARCH 2ND Amy joined us for a couple
Edible Earthscapes Spring Planting and Potluck
Spring Planting and CSA Potluck at the Farm – March 30, 2014 THE STAGE IS SET Today’s goal is to plant these flats of kale, onion and lettuce in the back field. But first, compost must be added to the beds. THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT The two beds were covered in leaf
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FEBRUARY, 2014 ISSUE #153
A typical February in “El Norte” complete with cold, snow and much longing for Spring but with enough bright spots to push our happiness meters above the halfway mark. PURGE Camille began the month with the empowering activity of cleaning out the community refrigerator. Here’s the before and after. FUN IN THE BARN
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Snow Daze
After a few days in the 60 degree range we thought we had winter behind. That’s about when we woke to find our world buried in snow – February 12 and 13, 2014 GOOD MORNING Well, this is what we found the morning of February 12. Snowville, U.S.A. The birds were queued up at