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Respite

Respite

I stopped by the fields yesterday, not expecting to find Paul and our three employees actually harvesting already. In March. I threw on some gloves to pitch in and was amused to hear these twenty-something farm workers deep in conversation…

Hope

Hope

I texted this photo to LB and Andrea today, with the note that “to keep my mind off disease and financial collapse, I sewed an apron for the commercial kitchen.” The coronavirus has sucked the life out of all of…

Together

Together

The same day that we cleared the fields of storm-damaged infrastructure, we worked on building a fence around what will be our new orchard, where we intend to plant less obvious fruit; no honeycrisp apples or ranier cherries, but plums…

Work Party

Work Party

The construction of our own building on this cooperative farm has sucked up a lot of our time and energy. I’ve declined several invitations from LB and Andrea for weekend gatherings because we’ve been out there on weekdays and have…

Bargain

Bargain

I’ve been looking at lighting catalogues for ages, especially the pieces at Barnlight Electric Company. I plan to accessorize our building with their pendants and goosenecks, powder coated in a zippy color (chartreuse). You can spend many, many thousands of…

Teamwork

Teamwork

I’ve been amused by the crew working on the framing of our retreat. They seem completely competent (“lots of measurements being yelled out,” I texted to Phil while he was in Israel, conveying my opinion that precise numbers were probably…