I’m on the Seattle light-rail train, rumbling through the industrial area south of the city on my way to the airport. There is snow on the ground and more falling from the sky. I’ve been in Seattle for the past week, catching up with friends and taking care of errands in between moving off the [...]
Filed under: philosophical ramblings, the day to day | Tagged: city life, farming, seasons, Seattle, winter, work, working for the man | 1 Comment »
So, October is over and the end of the season has come. It’s been a good fall as it was a good summer and a good spring. Looking back over the whole seven months, it’s one of those things where somehow all at the same time it feels like it’s been forever and it has [...]
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It has been a terrible season this year. I don’t mean for me — I’ve been having an amazing time on my own little journey of self-discovery. I mean the growing season in the pacific northwest has been unusually bad: a warm January followed by a long-lasting cold and wet spring, followed by a brief [...]
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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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Bremerton, WA. The house next door: Jean and Glenn’s house: Betsey took us on an awesome field trip a couple weeks ago, to visit StartNow Gardens in Bremerton. This is an urban farm built since 2003 by an amazing couple named Jean and Glenn. They have taken two city lots (they own two houses next [...]
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Wow! I kind of lost track of the blog there in July — too much going on. But life is good. The past month has been just an explosion of things growing. All the stuff we’ve planted over the last few months is now ready for harvest… so we’ve been harvesting, harvesting harvesting all the [...]
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A couple weeks ago, I found myself needing to make a quick potluck dish for a little get-together at Betsey’s. It wasn’t really an impromptu thing but (as usual) the time to cook had arrived I hadn’t taken the time to really plan out what dish I was making or go buy ingredients for any [...]
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When we started the internship we kept hearing the farmers talk about “the summer season” when things go crazy on the farm. Back in April, Betsey would take us all out for coffee in the middle of the morning, or Brian would treat us to ice cream after lunch. “Don’t get to used to this,” [...]
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Well, the weather is finally warming up and it’s starting to feel at least springlike if not summery. Every day on the farm continues to be a delight and a joy for me. I feel extremely lucky to be here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betsey has started a new blog for her farm! We’re working on getting it [...]
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An article with pictures from our Memorial Day veggie garden planting at City Hall… Includes pics of Brian and Betsey and me. http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/31/bainbridge-island/ Lovely article about our “grandfather” farmer Akio who was recently honored with an award. Akio grew up in the house I’m living in on the farm. http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/bir/lifestyle/93729204.html We are keeping busy, planting [...]
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