Spring 2010 on the Farm

The sky was too beautiful today to miss these shots. Please join us on June 13 for a build your own pizza party and live music on the hill. Call 707 364-9769

Oven Building Video

Just got to add Miguel's video

350 Garden Challenge Cob Oven Building at Oasis Community Farm

Connie and I are riding high on the energy of old friend and new that came to share the work on our new farm project. Here are some photos of the day. What Miguel says about grounding power of getting your hands in the mud is true -- speaking as one with many years in the construction trade, cob just feels heathy. Enjoy the show and see you soon.

Update to 350 Garden Challenge on the 15th

It seems that projects just naturally grow. This one is no exception. In addition to building our new adobe earth pizza oven we've added an opportunity to pitch in and plant a salsa garden. We think 15 to 20 families can join in this coop effort with over a hundred tomatoe and peppers plants, maybe do some weeding from time to time and come back in 80 days for a canning party and take home a supply of personalized salsa. We supply the land and water, you supply the love.

In addition the our scare crow workshop, we have added fanciful face painting by visiting artist Natalie Dale. Lest we forget little educational walking tours of the orchard and discussion about our fruit production.

This is a small little farm but still big enough for lots of friends and family. Although we will start with chicken eggs for only about 10 or 12 families, we expect that within 4 years as our fruit trees mature and we add livestock and a hot house, that we will supply 40 families with 30 tons of fruit and fruit products, 100 families with eggs, 20 or 30 with vegetables and10 with milk and a little cheese.

I warn you, our place is a little rough around the edges, a bit like frontier, but that makes it a ground floor opportunity.

Wayne

Connie, thanks for the Bill McKibbin interview. Not only is he one of my heroes, the content of the talk is totally related to the 350 Garden Challenge. Some may not know that 350 stands for 350 parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere. McKibbin's been on this since the 70's and although he did not invent 350 as a number he works full time now promoting it's importance with his organization www.350.org

Unfortunately I can't open and play it so I will include another interview here from a while ago but related to another favorite book "Deep Ecology". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5YVXnnfS28

Enjoy.