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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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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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,
Another great month with a good balance of work and play, warm weather and cold. STARTING THE YEAR RIGHT Good friends and good food is the best way to start a new year. Check out more pictures from our annual Hoppin John Party LEETLE PITTSBORO Home to one of the 600 or
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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
In which we successfully locate Bob’s other childhood home in Accra, fly to Morocco, take the train to Marrakech (just like in the song!) and make our way home to North Carolina in time to celebrate the holidays. ACCRA REVISITED As planned, all four of us left Casa Kumasi for Accra on the same
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