First off, big thanks go out to Alexa Wiley, Aliah Farah, the Josh Cole Band and Ponderosa for their musical contributions, and to Will Suejcar for donating an abundance of veggies for the delicious food served during the festival.
TLC Farm would also like to extend deep thanks to the following generous donors to the charity auction at Cornucopia 2007. These sustainability-oriented artists and businesses have a proven commitment to an ecologically healthy local economy!
May you all thrive.
Tweten Photography Daphne O'Brien Kanani Pearl Bernhard Bach Ingrained Woodworks Bonsai Matt Timberline Lodge & Ice Axe Grill Devon Bryant Montinore Estates Moss Street Studios Genoa Restaurant RedShed Pottery Hope Medford Connie VanDyke Higgins Restaurant Oregon Soap Company Roger Long McMenamins Inanna McGraw Higgins Hope Medford |
Hotlips Pizza Mirador Pastini Pastaria Theresa Ramirez Wingnut Confections Environmental Building Supplies Judy & Wayne Acton Micha-el Institute Barbara Medford Laura McGraw Tinctoria Designs Serenity Shop Anansi Beat Redwing Bakery Gerri "Ravyn" Stanfield Grandma Rhonda Mandy Corr Don Van Kouwenhoven Global Exchange Lake Side Motors New Seasons |
Scott Howard Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks Allandra Lee Johnson Friends of Forest Park Gina Nash MasterPeace One Root Vince Maldovado Alma Chocolate John Platt Kid at Heart Toys Helvetia Winery Baker & Spice Jessica Mackin Practically Divine Annie Bloom's Books Daniel Work Peter Nelson ReiGarden Silver Moon Creations |
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Just a few yards away from the earthen plaster workparty, Gretchen was teaching 15 people about making your own honey wine!
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. *
Guthrie: yum!A few days ago, as we were working on building benches for a new meditation area, a nice woman walked down the driveway with a bucket of grapes. “I thought you might be able to use these,” she offered as she explained that we would need to go find more containers to receive her load of grapes.
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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