The Global Work Party sponsored by 350.org has an event here on Homestead Rd. Check it out. Our newest Co-op member, Sean Case, is digging a root cellar near the chicken coop. It will easily hold the storage food produced by members in our gardens, as well as anything we stock up on at the farmers markets. Sean is counting on other coop members to give him advice on the actual building once the hole is completed. Since we are meeting today for a potluck and discussion of our up-coming workshop at Bioneers, we can all take a look at th site and add our two cents.
Today, 10-10-10, also happens to be Sean's 35th birthday, so in addition to welcoming him into our community, we are celebrating that event this evening. Wendy is baking the cake. The girls are celebrating by tearing into the spent veggie garden. They are loving Frank & Jennie's left over corn. For a chicken, heaven is a pile of dirt to bathe in or a disturbed place where the bugs are hiding. Most of the new hens are laying now, still putting out pullet eggs. But some are getting bigger ones. We have had the occasional one with no shell. I falsely accused the girls of eating a few, then discovered one dropping a shell-less mess. With this fantastic weather, the girls are in bliss out in the yard.
Happy Birthday Sean, and welcome home. Of course you will all have to write to him by snail mail or call him, as he can't be on a computer yet.
From happy mother Peggy
Hey there from some of the original members :) Glad to hear all is well... Nadia and Sonja sure miss those chicks but we love reading the news and hearing that they are so happy and producing yummy eggs. Hope that coop David built is holding up and all the electrical is humming, we sure had fun helping! We found some of the original pictures --hope to share them with you all soon. There were lots of nails and digging in the beginning... and Nadia and Sonja loved the painting!
ReplyDeleteAbout the root cellar, what a great project -do you know the book Root Cellaring by Matt and Nancy Bubel --what a resource, we have a copy around here somewhere, let us know if you want to check it out.
See you at Bioneers! Hope you all are well we are thinking about rabbits in the spring, who knows!