Comments | seph_ski: On Vox: Farm Envy

seph_ski

On Vox: Farm Envy

May 18, 2010 20:56

We had our first meeting/"practice pickup" with our new CSA tonight, and the farm is *beautiful*! There was a charming house surrounded by several rustic barns/buildings, all set in serene gardens. A quick walk through the gardens and you're at the crop beds where early crops are already looking good. The first harvest should be happening the ( Read more... )

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slytherin13 May 19 2010, 04:51:21 UTC

THAT IS SO COOL!! I don't think there is anything like that here. You can only just sign up for a box of organics to be delivered to your house.

seph_ski May 19 2010, 12:20:01 UTC

*L* If you would've asked me when I was looking for a local farm, I would've told you my ideal find would've delivered, and not required us to work on the farm. Now that I've seen the place, I'm -happy- that we have an excuse to drop in at least once a week, and I -wish- they'd ask us to help out on the farm! :D

crankyoldgoat May 19 2010, 10:50:04 UTC

so you and Craig are now part of the new urban sharecroppers.

seph_ski May 19 2010, 12:26:08 UTC

Sort of. I wouldn't call Delta urban, and I certainly wouldn't call Waterville urban. ;)

We drove down some county roads I don't think I've ever been down before, and WOW! There's some -gorgeous- land not to far from here! WANT! It doesn't hurt that Maumee State Forest was right there too. Just gorgeous.

Hey, we're definitely planning on being at B&N tomorrow, but we can't be there until closer to 7pm. Any chance you'll be there around that time? Craig has something for you. I know Liz and Lori have said they'd be there too. We'd love to see you.

crankyoldgoat May 19 2010, 15:24:13 UTC

At this point, it would appear to be viable.

yes, there is some wonderful country out there.

My late wife's grandfather had a bit of land south and west of Swanton, she spent most of her summers out there. and when we got married, I would take her and her mother on drives out through the old places and fond memories. My late wife and I talked extensively about buying land out there and building a retirement home (I kept pushing for a geodisc dome).

I'd forgotten about about it largely until I discovered that Alehedowin's home was in the same area. If I had known that she lived in the same area, I'd have done more to really earn her ex-husbands appelation of "Ultimate Evil".

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seph_ski May 22 2010, 13:22:16 UTC

YAY! I'm planting this week too. I'm going to spend the weekend cleaning up my raised bed and marking out a new one, figuring out what I need to do to start it, but sometime during the week, on a warm sunny morning, I'll go out and plant. I'm so excited! :D

And I LOVE growing basil. One year I had basil plants that were hip-high! Last year they never even took off though. :( I'm going to baby them this year