Grim Reaper style

The 4^th of July was just another work day around here, albeit a fairly relaxing one. Especially for me since I had deliveries to do, which got me into town and to my friend Daniel’s BBQ. 

We’ve been in planning mode for Horton’s infamous annual Hoe Down.  I wish you all lived closer and could come! (Erin, you have no excuse,  you better there.)  It’s an all day and night affair with a live band, farm games, kegs, tacos, a piñata, and camping.  Apparently around 100 people come out for this each year, so I can’t wait to witness what a shit show it’s going to be.  August 20^th people! Mark your calendars! 

In other news, I think it is safe to say now that the woodpecker IS GONE!!!!!!  It’s been exactly 6 days since anyone has heard from him and the silence is like a gift from God.  Though, I really think it helped us all adjust to the early mornings, especially since we just moved to a 6:30 start time.  I’ve been up at five, no problem and have felt really good for the past two weeks, without any weird spells of fatigue or unusual sleepiness.  I think we’ve finally found ourselves in summer’s upswing energy and I feel physically and mentally ready for it. 

Today we had another field trip, this time to Full Circle biodynamic farm, outside of Eugene.  It was drastically different from last week’s trip to Hey Bailes – primarily because Full Circle is biodynamic and operates primarily on bike power and hand tools.  In fact, their barn/workspace was built entirely out of found materials and put together using only hand tools.  They deliver in town by bike – primarily meat, eggs, cheese, butter, and a few kinds of veggies.  We helped Kevin and Katie harvest grass for their cows using scythes - and I thought harvesting with my little knife was fun!



Although, after about ten minutes I was exhausted, lol. Another interesting thing they do is a ‘winter CSA box’ – something I never thought of since most farms are done harvesting by mid-fall.  For $350.00 they offer CSA members boxes of tuber and root veggies (beets, sweet potatoes, squash, potatoes, turnips, parsnips, etc.), dried fruits and veggies, canned tomatoes, dried herbs, etc. that members help put together themselves on a big harvest day.  Katie said that most people LOVED coming out to harvest and pack up their own boxes.  I really liked that idea.  It was refreshing and extremely interesting to learn about a farm so committed and passionate about doing things the old fashioned way.