All blog posts from October 2011
Standing Back Up - Finding The Strength To Do It All
So this week I had my 32nd birthday:) Wolfgang stopped to talk to me on my 'big' day and after excitedly telling him it was my birthday, I also told him how happy I was to have made it one more year...yeah! He looked at me quizzically, 'so you weren't expecting to make it?'. 'Well', I said, 'you …
CSA Feedback Survey Reminder and Winter Shares Available
First of all if you haven't already filled out the CSA member feedback survey I would really, really appreciate it. I need your feedback (good or bad) so that I can continually improve the CSA and make it suit your needs.
The survey should only take about 10 minutes and can be found at: https…
This week in video! Ever wonder all the work that goes to put those carrots into the bags you buy? Check it out!
Watch Harvest Season on the Pfenning's Farm -
Packing Onions in the Onion Barn (where I do my veggie washing). I sorted onions last year - the grossest feeling and smell in the world...sticking your fingers in a rotten one. Also soooo dusty!! I couldn't eat onions for a month after this!…
Okay, I'm Coming Out!
Things in the field are slowing down (but we still haven't got a frost yet, wow!). So harvesting and cleaning up the fields is consuming 90% of my time. Working in this totally awesome sun I actually felt like I was somehow skipping out on work - what an awesome feeling - like I had the day o…
Everything starts as an idea....then we eat it!
This week I started reflecting on how truly astounding all the effort it takes to give us all the ‘stuff’ in our lives. The fuel, the bodies, the ideas, the nutrients, the hands, the systems, and on and on it goes. I pondered all the 'work' that goes into farming and growing vegetables - 'i…