Side Trips

A NUCLEAR HIKE AT SHEARON HARRIS April 5, 2009 YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING We promised ourselves we’d go hiking at least once a month. This month’s destination was Harris Lake. There is a nice Frisbee Golf course nearby and we thought it was time we checked out the hiking trails. The fact that this […]

GROWING FOOD AT CAMELINA March 2009 NORTHWARD EXPANSION Bob continues to work compost into the soil and create infrastructure for the garden – March 4 By March 18th, he has added trellis for a pea patch. TALK TO THE HAND   Bob harvested some red clay for Link and left his mark along the way.

HIKING WHITE PINES NATURE PRESERVE March 7, 2009 STRAIGHT TREES, SERPENTINE PATHS AND VICE VERSA It was alovely day for a hike at White Pines Nature Preserve located at the confluence of the Deep and Rocky Rivers. PUGS IN THE MUD We couldn’t decide whether these prints were made by a dog or a very

FUN WITH FUNGI January 21 and 27, 2009 OYSTER MUSHROOM PROPAGATION Tim and Bob have been planning their mushroom and tempeh businesses for a couple of months. Now they are in the lab stage of their project. Tim brought some equipment over to Camelina and sterilized three jars of agar. While the agar the pressure

CHRISTMAS WEEK, 2008 Good Friends, Good Food FIRST STOP, PUGSVILLE Michelle and Tim are so happy to have found Amy and Ginger. They had long wanted pugs and happily adopted the pair. Tim and Bob meet every other week to work on business planning involving mushroom growing and tempeh making. On Christmas week, Michelle and

A TRIBUTE TO MARK December 28, 2008 Published in the New York Times on 12/21/2008: ESTILL Mark. On Tuesday, December 16th, 2008, the world lost an incredible man in Mark Thomas Estill, 54. His new rock star wife, Beth, held his hand and his gaze in his house in Moncure, North Carolina as he passed

CRAFT NIGHT AT CAMELINA December 10, 2008 Crafting is a traditional winter activity. Most of us have some kind of project we’re working on there is no better way to get it done than in good company with music, food and shared expertise. There have been several Craft Nights and this time it was our

OUR LAST DAYS AT QUIET MEADOW FARM November 16, 2008 A PRETTY PLACE   For nearly a year we have been cleaning stalls at Quiet Meadow Farms on weekend mornings. Over that period, we’ve gotten busier during the week and this month we gave our notice so we could spend our weekends at home. It

HALLOWEEN October 31, 2008 IT ALL STARTED OUT FRIGHTENINGLY NORMAL Amanda and Jill were doing their normal thing over at WDL while Kim industriously planted shade tree seedlings in the parking lot at the Plant. AND THEN THE CLUES BEGAN ROLLING IN Moya certainly looked like her normal self, albeit a little cleaner than usual, but

SHAKORI HILLS FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL October 9 – 12, 2008 THREE DAYS OF CELEBRATION Emily, Amy, Bob and Camille slipped back into Hippie Land for a few days. Emily and Amy did us proud with their tie dyed head scarves. They sure are pretty! We hauled our own food and chairs which we set up