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ao last night i dreamt i was at a fifth grade reunion...a reunion with all the kids and teachers from my fifth grade year. i recognized all the faces because in reality, i went to school with these kids from 1st through twelfth grade. there was something about describing halloween costumes. i took me an hour after waking this morning to realize ( Read more... )

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what started as a whim is now my reality. when andy said to me one night after work, 'hey, you wanna go to texas?' i decided to go for it because it sounded to good to pass up. and last night i was hired to work for the winter at a flower farm near austin texas over the winter (www.texascolor.com ( Read more... )

summer is slipping into fall. and it seems so sudden though we've been preparing for it for at least a month. cool mornings and nights with a warm hat blanketing my knottygrowing hair ( Read more... )

birds as of late making my heart beat faster with happiness...swallows darting coasting twirling about...golden finches playing and singing in the sunflowers...a big swooping waterbird (heron?) flying overhead this morning. things with wings resonate with me ( Read more... )

i spent today at the rodale institute (www.rodaleinstitute.org) with a bunch of other folks, young and old, farmers and students and USDA folk and teachers and scientists...learning all kinds of great stuff about organic farming, weeds, soil, no-till farming, compost, field tests, etc. the rolling hills of pennsylvania dutch country. overcast but ( Read more... )

squash for breakfast is a really really good idea ( Read more... )

it has gotten to the point in the season where i can make my meals using all farm produce (usually harvested within the last 24 or 48 hours). just when it seems lke this rain and flooding has ended, the thunder and lightning shake down again. but i do love hours in the greenhouse planting seeds, surrounded by the sound of heavy rain. and ( Read more... )

this week flew by so fast. today concluded my fourth week at pennypack farm. this week was cool and overcast and completely wonderful weather - exceptfor the two hours transplanting from the back of the tractor in the pouring rain. but even that wasn't so bad. and so much wildlife this week. coyotes of foxes screaming/barking outside my ( Read more... )