another amazing nofa vt farm conference. enid, olga, abbie, nicole... they all work so hard to put this event together. i only have a glimpse of how much time and work goes into planning this event. i used to volunteer on the conference committee and with the set up/ clean up crew. last night, as i left the gymnasium there was all sorts of hustle and bustle of piling chairs, packing up boxes and removing banners. part of me wanted to join the crew and part of me just wanted to go home with spencer and angus who had just arrived to pick me up. yes, they picked me up at the end of the day which means i was at the conference all day... solo. i spent most of the day socializing with farmers friends... didi, ron, lauren, s'ra, tom, dan, jack and so many other wonderful people. i had this idea of photographing portraits of my farmer friends because i would like to start a page of photos titled, "farmers i know." i saw this on another website and i just loved this idea. so, i would like to recreate a similar feature.
my favorite workshop i attended yesterday was ross conrad's lecture on beginning beekeeping organically. what excited me most about the presentation was his enthusiasm for his working with bees and his approach in explaining bee culture. it turns out he lives in middlebury. i am hoping he will be a source for continuing education as we begin to keep bees. i hoped to speak with him after the presentation about other upcoming events where he will be teaching, but there were about 20 people waiting to speak with him. i have his book. i am sure it will be easy enough to contact him for more information.
spencer and i have been talking about getting chickens this year. i really want to make this happen. i picked up a nofa publication titled "humane and healthy poultry production: a manual for organic growers." it is a small handbook with a very basic information to help farmers get started. i read a bit this morning and it was definitely worth the $7.00 i spent. it seems like the timing could work out to get some layers this year. i have been saving egg cartons.
this morning i started to do a little research on the internet about finding a chalkboard. wow, they are expensive! i might have more luck looking on sites that sell teaching or school supplies. i think it will be worth the investment. when i worked at the intervale community farm, we had various chalkboards and used them often. i think we could use chalkboards for farmers market, weekly task organizer, harvest posting board and angus might like to play with it on the off season.
today is a very rare 50 degrees after a very cold weekend. spencer is happy for the snow to melt which will make working on the greenhouse much easier. there is so much to do.
my favorite workshop i attended yesterday was ross conrad's lecture on beginning beekeeping organically. what excited me most about the presentation was his enthusiasm for his working with bees and his approach in explaining bee culture. it turns out he lives in middlebury. i am hoping he will be a source for continuing education as we begin to keep bees. i hoped to speak with him after the presentation about other upcoming events where he will be teaching, but there were about 20 people waiting to speak with him. i have his book. i am sure it will be easy enough to contact him for more information.
spencer and i have been talking about getting chickens this year. i really want to make this happen. i picked up a nofa publication titled "humane and healthy poultry production: a manual for organic growers." it is a small handbook with a very basic information to help farmers get started. i read a bit this morning and it was definitely worth the $7.00 i spent. it seems like the timing could work out to get some layers this year. i have been saving egg cartons.
this morning i started to do a little research on the internet about finding a chalkboard. wow, they are expensive! i might have more luck looking on sites that sell teaching or school supplies. i think it will be worth the investment. when i worked at the intervale community farm, we had various chalkboards and used them often. i think we could use chalkboards for farmers market, weekly task organizer, harvest posting board and angus might like to play with it on the off season.
today is a very rare 50 degrees after a very cold weekend. spencer is happy for the snow to melt which will make working on the greenhouse much easier. there is so much to do.
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