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Global Worming It’s Compost Tea Time

compost tea may 12

Currently Listening: Elder – Lore Compost tea is a wonderful thing.  We could get real technical here, but lets keep it simple.  In essence, the idea is that you have sugar and inoculated compost and we  fed it to the tomato plants on the new bed that has brand new soil and hardly any organics […]

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Under The Hawthorn Tree

Currently Listening: Crypt Trip- Crypt Trip Friday May 1st the Hawthorn Tree came down to let in more sunshine and open up the abandoned kiln area.  What an important event to document in the history of the farm!  We were lucky enough to have Sperry’s Tree Care come and do the work with Jesse as […]

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Maypole Dancing

Currently listening: Love Monster I would like to share more pictures of the Beltane celebration!  Nancy was kind enough to share some of the earlier classes pictures with us, and I have more single shots that show just how confusing the dance can be (expressions are priceless!) Noon class making adorable floral chains: Setting it up:   […]

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Beltane

Shelly and Jenny adorable

Currently listening: The Beach Boys- Vega-Tables Beltane celebration! I want to do a little write up about it, but it simply will not compare to Lauren’s version of the tale.  Just let it be known we took a break from our normal activities to celebrate May Day.  We had a potluck and danced around the […]

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Life Alive!

Currently listening: Menace- Best of Today I went around and just took pictures of both classes and both locations, the Columbia street and the UO one. I’ll elaborate more on that later, but first I want to post these pictures! Morning Class at UO Urban Farm: Lauren’s group examining the bee’s: Harper’s group setting up […]

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Not Rhubarb Pie!

Currently listening: Tom Waits- Rain Dogs Recipe time! I think during every class I get asked, or hear someone else asking “What do I do with this? / How do I cook or eat this vegetable?” Today we harvested rhubarb, I wanted to make something else besides ‘strawberry-rhubarb pie, that if you add enough strawberries […]

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