Year Two
Thank you for all of your help in making this experiment a beautiful one!
Meditations and Classes
We always love having Suzanne Teachey come share her vast knowledge with us.
The bearded men. Meditation teachers Jeremy Graves, Matt Immergut and Daniel Boutemy visiting Will at the farm for some hearty discussion and grilling Daniel about his experiences with the legends Dipa Ma and Munindra.
Friends, family, residents and work parties
Break time is over people...
John, Maria, Kent, Brian, and Will for, an almost now annual, dharma fest weekend.
Rev. Mary Lindquist at the beginning of her sabbatical from St. Michaels Church, Brattleboro, VT, and a special visit from Will's sister Joby.
Noreen racking by the rose bushes.
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Thats the fearless Hadgi Banjovi up there cutting out mistletoe from our emory oaks.
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Donna, Noreen and Annie visiting our neighbors for a tasting.
Jules and Cody working on the farm
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Mira, Jarret and Eli come for a visit
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Lots of summer sprinkler parties.
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Chandra even dances while working
Geoffrey, Julia and Ann, waiting for the moon to rise up in the horse pasture.
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Jim Curry joining in on the hops harvest.
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Tim putting in an outdoor sink.
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Jules with some fresh picked beans for dinner.
A hearty crew helping to take out the dried up garden and get it ready for the spring.
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The ever distinguished Alistair Holmes all the way from Australia coming to man the farmers market stand.
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Joram and Tim helping with the new outdoor shower.
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Barb and Chuck enjoying a quiet meal after a day of working hard.
Monsoon season also means rainbow season. Almost every evening for a couple of weeks we get dramatic sunsets and rainbows.
The new lavender drying shed.
This is close to how it looked when we bought the property. Except it was full of a lot more junk. After many trips to the dump and a relocated pack rat, and after 2 tons of sand delivered and 2 tons of pavers and almost a year of work and patience we christened our new drying shed just in time for harvest.
before...
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after...
Radio personality and jazz scholar Jake Feinberg hanging the first lavender of the season.
King harvest has surely come!
King harvest has surely come!
Our mobile pop-up guest house... The Sara Trailer
Much thanks to Bradford and Amanda for donating this old school trailer and to Joram for hauling it up to Prescott, to Chuck for a stellar paint job and to Douglas for the major remodel!
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Lavender, lavender, lavender.
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Making essential oil with our small batch distiller.
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Ann making our signature lavender smudge sticks
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Grateful for great neighbors! And some of the non-human residents of the farm.
The time has come to finally tackle the kitchen...
...which first means setting up an outdoor kitchen for the month long construction. (Which Will decided to start in the coldest month of the year)
Douglas and I begin...
Layers of wall paper and electrical challenges as we get ready to put in the new kitchen window
Window in. Now Will begins working out the plumbing while Douglas begins mudding the walls and arranging the thrift store cabinets. (Our goal, new kitchen for under $1,500, which we succeeded with!)
Now the epic process of hand planning the knotty alder for the new counter top...
Counters all smooth, time to cut in the slot for the new sink.
Thanks to Douglas's impeccable math skills its a perfect fit!
New doors so our thrift shop cabinets look like they were made for one another.
Time to call on Larry Goetz, all the way from Philly, who saved the day and took on the large task of painting the new kitchen. Thank you Larry!!!!! Go Eagles.
Here we take a break for a round of bean bag tossing.
Here we take a break for a round of bean bag tossing.
And the kitchen is done, a center piece for community and nourishment for many, many people for years to come! Deep gratitude to Douglas and Larry and Annie for making it all happen.
Constantly Monitoring for Broken Pipes...brrrrrrr but at least its a balmy 54 degrees inside. :)
The orchards and gardens
Annie trying the small but juicy peaches.
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Lots of pears, so time for a pear tart
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Then Will headed east and then far east to teach and try and support the projects on the farm.
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The always vibrant Prema Yoga in Brooklyn
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Will visits his brother and his family while in NYC
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A weekend intensive as part of Darren Rhodes and Sam Rice's teacher training
A special thanks to Douglas Smith for his amazing craftsmanship and endless talents (also the best drummer I know) and for a year of joyfully working on all aspects of this project. Were wishing him the best as he moves on to share his talents with more and more people.
