Starting to See Delicious Results

Amanda with some beautiful radishes

The summer weather pattern has finally set in - warm, sunny days with breezy afternoons (and sometimes the promise of a little thunder shower), early bright mornings and balmy evenings. The plants are loving it and we're starting to see the miracles happen every day right before our eyes.

Philip found the first baby squash.

This is a precious time in our very short growing season, and we're grateful to have the help of our wonderful volunteer WWOOFers. We were so lucky to have Claire and Chris visit us for 3 weeks while they were on holiday from their home in the UK - they were simply a joy. We wish them the very best and will make good on our promise to send them some of the produce they made possible by spending so many hours in the dirt weeding. Thank you, Claire and Chris, for your unending positivity and energy! You catapulted many projects forward in your short time at the farm! Plus, chocolate beetroot cake!

The Hugelkultur is planted and hosting squash, cucumbers, and many tomatoes that would otherwise have been doomed to the compost pile, along with volunteer squash and potatoes. The chickens will be laying before long, and they are enjoying their time in the chicken corral and Chez Poulet, the temporary predator-proof hutch, but it's almost time to build them a proper house. Lots to do as always. Today's activities are pretty typical, really, of a Modoc summer: up early to harvest, then to the Farmers' Market, a quick stop at the 4th of July parade in Lake City (and we snuck into the end of the parade, even though we didn't have the official parade Farm Truck), then home again for naps, a dip in the creek, and a quiet, lazy afternoon. Soon it will be cool enough to hit the weeds in the onion beds and to start the irrigation going. After a bit more work on the farm, it will be dinner made with love from local ingredients and maybe a stroll up the hill to look for fireworks, then to bed for an early start again tomorrow, filled with more friends, adventures, and lessons from nature.

We don't really need to say it, but we're really lucky to be here on the farm.