...if we didn't stop the 23-house development!
These are photos from a new development just down the road from us: seven, huge, unsustainably-built houses, where forest used to grow.
Give thanks for TLC Farm and the incredible TLC Farm extended community!!!
Good job Lee and Russ!
I love Saturdays at TLC Farm! This past Saturnday, a bunch of us gathered in the outdoor kitchen to put earthen plaster on the cob bench under the nearby cedar tree. With the help of some Lewis and Clark students and other new Farm friends, we sifted clay, mixed it with sand, straw and water, and gently applied the muddy plaster to protect our nice bench.
The little sayings about this one are true:
Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water.
Wood will warm you three times: once gathering, once chopping and once burning your fire.
Chopping wood is a wonderful form of daily meditation and connection to the mundane-but-profound experience of taking care of one’s needs. As someone who is usually part of the office-type activities at TLC Farm, I must admit that chopping wood is now one of the highlights of my week, and a nice way to warm up. Give thanks for the trees!
* Note: Cedar Moon is the residential intentional community at TLC Farm and a demonstration of high-density, consensus-based cooperative living. *
Ah, the fall, when we get to enjoy harvests of all types. Here at TLC Farm, we like to process, enjoy and save food as much as possible. Here are a few snapshots from recent weeks:
Apple cider making, from hundreds of pounds of apples that a few Farmies picked at a local organic orchard. Yummy!
Tomatoes! We picked and then canned about 220 pounds of heirloom, organic tomatoes at our friend's farm! (We ate all of our own ripe tomatoes, and are making fried green tomatoes from the unripe ones.)
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