It was a gorgeous January Sunday — sunny but chilly. I made my way out to the Bainbridge farm on my bike to visit Betsey and lend a hand as she took her two-year-olds out on the road for the first time. The babies in question are Abby and Red, a pair of young [...]
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A dearly loved Belgian draft horse passed away last night. Betsey’s 27 year old mare Samantha was fine on Friday, we got home from the farmers’ market on Saturday and she was clearly ill, and by 9pm she had died. Betsey was able to be there to help her through her final moments and [...]
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Our second week on the job, and we get to take a vacation! We all headed down to Madras, OR for four days to attend an event I would have never known existed: the Small Farmers Journal Horsedrawn Auction and Swap. Betsey gets sooo excited about this event! It’s a special thing she does every [...]
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Betsey took this awesome picture of me getting ready to attempt cultivating the garlic with Sam a couple weeks ago. That mid-March day was warm and sunny t-shirt weather. For my moving day tomorrow, it is shaping up to be 45 degrees and constant drizzle. Oh well! Working with Sam has been really fun. [...]
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I brought my camera along yesterday when I went and spent the day with Betsey. So here are a couple of shots of the scenery and animals there at the Day Road farm, where I’ll be living and working starting in April. It’s been great working there so far, kind of like being in school [...]
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