BETTER FOOD AND GARDENS Eating our way through our best garden ever! June, 2010 CROOK NECKED PUMPKIN This giant squash is already huge on June 3rd and by the end of the month had quadrupled in size. The peppers, tomatoes, beets, potatoes, and carrots are also having a banner year. SPUD KING We love […]
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS May, 2010 – Issue #108 Including the third annual family visit road trip, loads of beets, party in the hood and obligatory zebra pictures. BLAST FROM THE PAST Camille’s cousin Barbara stands outside the house where Camille and her brothers grew up in New Jersey circa 1967. GETTING HIMSELF INTO A SPOT
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS April, 2010 – Issue #107 A whole lot of gardening goin’ on! EASTER DINNER We got together with neighbors Jeremy Jason and Haruka for dinner April 4th. We took two pictures after dinner. Check out the other photo by passing your cursor over this picture. KALE ON A GRAND SCALE Kale
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BARNYARD AND FIELD – SPRING BABIES Nothing says spring like new life March, 2010 FRIESIAN CROSS MILK SHEEP AT LAUGHING STOCK FARM A couple of miles down the road, good friend Lisa is raising dairy sheep. This breed is easily identified by their distinctive “rat tail.” Her dairy cow makes too much milk so she
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS March, 2010 – Issue #106 Celebrating the advent of Spring in all its forms AT PLAY AND AT WORK Bob unwraps our new board from Mr. Crokinole on the second day of the month. Our next door neighbor Adam wears a smile and one of Chris’s work shirt for work at
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TWO THOUSAND POUND OF MANURE (aka A SHIT TON) AT BLUE HERON FARM ALPACAS In which Jason, Haruka, Bob and Camille drive over to Nancy’s place in search of some good soil amendments and drive off with at least two thousand pounds of poo March 28, 2010 THIS BE THE SH-T! Nancy proudly shows
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WALK TO ABEYANCE WITH JASON AND HARUKA There’s nothing more fun than a walk with good friends and a destination. On this pretty Spring morning we were headed through the woods to the nearby community of Abeyance with our good friends and next door neighbors. March 13, 2010 IRRIGATION POND EXCAVATION Our first stop
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS February, 2010 – Issue #105 COZY INSIDE WITH OUR FRIENDS Potluckers grace our home often and bring warmth with them. This picture of Adam with Spot was taken because it was Adam’s first visit to Trouts Farm. MORE FIRST TIME VISITORS Dave, Rebekah and Stephen joined us for potluck and
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RICE PADDY-MAKING CROP MOB AT EDIBLE EARTHSCAPES February 28, 2010 EARLY MORNING RICE PADDIES Crop Mob is a growing phenomenon in our neck of the woods. Started by friends of ours who sought to tackle large tasks with a large labor force while solving the problem of isolation, crop mobbing reminds us of Amish barn
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A TRIP TO ASHEVILLE TO SEE YONDER February 6, 2011 ROOM WITH A VIEW Bob drove Camille, Amy and Garth west for three and a half hours where we unfolded ourselves from the car and took our bags up a room with a view of Asheville, the largest city in Western North Carolina with
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