We're currently at WWOOF #2. The name of our current farm is Green Angel Gardening (website here) in Long Beach, WA. Larkin Stenz is the owner. He has a yoga studio and 3 greenhouses on the property: a really big one, Bertha; a smaller one, Moe; and a dome, Bucky. There are also 22 hens, a rooster, 2 cats (Mayo and Pishta) and 1 other WWOOFer (Jordan).
Yesterday we spent most of the morning clearing and amending the beds in Moe and Bertha. They needed compost, calcium carbonate and kelp meal. Jordan and I found a couple of cutworm grubs in Bertha, which we fed to the chickens. In terms of work, it was a pretty uneventful day (except for the cold and rainyness). In the afternoon the sun came out for a little while, so Brent and I walked down to the beach and harassed the birds. We were almost back at the farm when it started to snow/rain on us, but we managed to get back without drowning. The evening's yoga class was a Vinyasa Flow class, and we were both very sore at the end of it. We went to bed early.
Today was even colder than yesterday! Snowed all morning! We had a morning yoga class, and breakfast, then Larkin found us more indoor-type stuff to do. We sorted his seeds, and entered pertinent information into a database, rearranged the farm store, did some data entry of backlogged CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) customers, straightened the house, and swept the yoga studio. Tonight is Jordan's borscht (he was in Ukraine with the Peace Corps, and has thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail! He knows Jellybean!) for dinner, and then probably an early night.
No pictures for this post. It's too dark right now, so I'll have to post again at some point with pictures.
Seriously guys, I know you don't believe me, but WWOOFing is fun!
kim
2 comments:
What an experience the two of you are having! Glad you were able to enjoy the snow here in Washington (what odd weather!) My dad and sister are heading up this way end of this week and my sister's hoping for more snow...she's sick of Hawaii weather. =) LOVE that Larkin's got a yoga studio and green houses! nice combination!
This all sounds absolutely fantastic! Even the rain and snow doesn't sound so bad...
See you soon.
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