THIS & THAT.
Some random photos from the past week.
Pretty speckled eggs.
A pair of lovely figs.
The handy-dandy golf cart makes hauling electric fences much easier.
These sheep knock me over EVERY MORNING when I am carrying grain to the barn.
Jesse moving the livestock.
FRIDAYS.
Fridays are crazy around here.Friday is harvest day, and it sometimes takes just that - all day. We are up early to beat the heat, battling the wind and sun and struggling to keep our veggies from wilting without aid of air conditioning or refrigeration. We are cleaning eggs and rounding up the signs and tents and tables. We are wrestling with bins and baskets and configuring new ways to pack and squeeze the food into the van. We are trying to pick the right amounts of food for the CSA, for market customers, trying to decide which lettuce is ready, is the arugula bolting, should we wait and give carrots next week?! All of this, while still managing the animals and the children and the normal everyday chores. It's crazy, I tell you! Jesse and I can't usually make it to a computer on Friday, but Cher does a great job of recounting harvest days on the Bugtussle blog if you want to follow along.- Hannah.
COME SEE US TOMORROW!
Jesse will be at the West Nashville Farmer's Market tomorrow with Bugtussle Farm. I will be in San Francisco at my best friend's wedding(!), but also sorry to be missing our first market. Be sure to stop by and say hello, and pick up some spring greens and eggs and maybe some goat cheese!- Hannah.
TOGETHER AT THE CABIN.
I am breathing a big sigh of contentment today. For the first time in MONTHS, Jesse and I were both together in Bugtussle, at the cabin. It was a complete breath of fresh air - seeing all of the work he has done, visiting with our Bugtussle Farm family, making plans for the future. Sometimes when I am stuck in the city, away from the farm and spending my days indoors, the worries and the doubts will begin to creep in. But every time I drive back to Bugtussle, down that gravel road past the cedar mailbox....I am sure. I am completely at peace, knowing there is nowhere else in the world I would rather be.- Hannah.
The cabin!
The homesite is SURROUNDED by irises, day lillies, and daffodils!
Finishing up the wiring and insulation.
The floating back door.
The totally trashed high tunnel....it clearly did not fare well in a recent storm.
Quince.
We've got a very amazing/terrifying pair of black vultures living in our barn.
The bees are alive and well!
One of Ira's chickens says hello.
The best eggs you will ever eat in your entire life ever.
Eric is experimenting with biochar - they will be posting more about it on their blog soon.
Collecting moss for his flower garden.
Magical.