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Monday, February 26th

Under the weather


Just a note to let you know that the Lappie (Channa and Nate's computer) is back in the shop (again!), and I myself have been "under the weather" with some sort of bug... so no posting action here on the Living Green Farm blog. The only news worth mentioning is that the trench was inspected and approved, and the electrician has installed supports on the cow shed roof for the photovoltaic panels. We're still a few weeks away from gathering sunshine for the house, however, as his schedule is backed up with All The Rain We Get At This Time Of Year.

Oh, and we did hear that a bee hive is still definitely coming, courtesy of Karen and Tad. Shortly after Channa relayed that information to me I had a conversation with another parent at the school my daughters attend, and learned that this mother had once kept bees. She was, she said, still on the Ruhl Bee Supply mailing list in duplicate - the next day she gave me a catalog. So, I'll be placing an order for some basic beekeeping equipment this week!
Kurt on 02.26.07 @ 08:53 PM PST [more...]

Saturday, February 17th

Pruning and Acceptance



Today was an amazing day out at the farm! We invited a few people over to help us prune the apple trees. It was sunny and warm. We were all in our shirtsleeves. Most of the trees in the orchard are in good shape now. Maybe next week we can tackle the trees on the southern fence line.

I also received my first acceptance letter to law school, and boy was it a good one!

Here's Nate and Ellen getting started on taking the watersprouts off of one of the plums (remember those plum pictures, oh yeah!)
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There are more pictures and stories....


Channa on 02.17.07 @ 05:58 PM PST [more...]

Tuesday, February 13th

February Means Spring, Right?



Happy Birthday Rebecca!
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Flowers and leafbuds are popping out all over the farm. It's turned into the typical Western Oregon early Spring and it's delightful. Let me share some pictures and stories....

Channa on 02.13.07 @ 04:48 PM PST [more...]

Monday, February 5th

A Nice Weekend



The kitchen at Living Green Farm has turned into an internet lounge. Nate couldn't help but sneak a few pictures of Rebecca and I working away steadily in front of the nice warm stove. With the help of the stove, it's become a lot easier to get motivated to do homework.
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A lot of other things happened this weekend, too.
Channa on 02.05.07 @ 06:58 PM PST [more...]

Thursday, February 1st

Esther and the Very Best Bread



Our friend Esther is not only a delightful human being and great friend, she has amazing talents! For one, Esther knits her own socks, hats, scarves and sweaters. And what's more, she loves the farm, the critters, and helping with all the gritty, grimy work involved. And she makes fantastic challah bread. I'm one of those people that assumed bread came from a machine in a warehouse somewhere and was dimly aware that it could, theoretically, be made in one's own kitchen. Esther has not only mastered breadmaking, she's turned it into an art. She came by over the weekend to teach me how to braid bread.

After making the delicious dough, she let it rise, twice. After the second rise she cut the dough in half, then divided each half into thirds. Result: six lumps of dough. The dough is then rolled out into foot long snakes. The ends are tied together, the dough is fanned out, and the magic starts.
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Channa on 02.01.07 @ 10:06 PM PST [more...]