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 […]
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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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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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
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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Bob, Matt, and Leif pay a visit to a GMO free producer of regionally grown canola oil. CABIN ON THE LAKE The three of them are involved in a business start up that will distribute GMO free, regionally grown, and expeller pressed fryer oil. Matt thought it would be nice to drive down
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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
Greenhouses Rising! A PROJECT A LONG TIME COMING These two small greenhouse (24\’ x 17\’) have been languishing unfinished for about three years, due to lack of a coordinated effort among other things. When Lyle asked Bob if he\’d like to “jump in” and complete them, Bob was thrilled. As you can see,
Our fourth annual New Year’s Day party (we skipped a year in 2013) featuring Spot and big pots of beans and rice with greens and cornbread and Spot photos for those who were new to Trouts Farm. – January 1, 2014 PARTY PREP Camille opens the first bottle of champagne for a pre-party
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Firewood. It’s what happens when life gives you fallen trees and reasonable weather. All you need is willing friends with chainsaws and a wood splitter. January, 2014 THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING POPLAR Let’s just say it was an unpopular tree. Its roots were “death to mower” and it continually dropped small branches
