by yarrow | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
this sunday, Rev and I got around to a long-discussed project: installing a proper door on the intern camping dome. The dome is covered with a white tarp, to keep out the weather, and then a green parachute, to improve its aesthetics and prevent it from standing out...
by yarrow | Aug 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
This summer, we hosted our first wall-art party in a couple of years. It was an outrageous success — 7 artists (okay, including three people who were living on the farm at the time — but only one of those is a permanent resident) showed up to create works...
by yarrow | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
You are invited to the 10th Annual Sunflower River Harvest Festival! Help us celebrate our eleventh birthday as a community by coming to our Harvest Festival! Monday, Sept 3rd (yes Monday, Labor Day) 1-6pm Potluck Music jam Pie-Baking contest Bobbing for Apples...
by yarrow | Jul 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Community Tools: How to get from January to December Every Year A workshop on community and group management processes Saturday, August 25th at Sunflower River 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. with a one-hour break for lunch please pack a lunch (or there is a great New Mexican...
by yarrow | Jul 16, 2018 | Kat Heatherington
Over the last couple years, the mulch on our dance ground has gotten very thin, exposing the hard clay to a lot of sunlight, which hardens it further. And enables more weeds to grow. The purpose of the mulch-layer on the dance ground is to prevent weed growth, and to...
by yarrow | Jun 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
somewhere around the middle of spring, we realized we had way too many eggs, and were not able to increase the number of customers as fast as our hens were laying. we always do give volunteers farm-goods when they come to work parties, so we stepped up on moving eggs...
by yarrow | May 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
We have openings for June, July and August for work-trade volunteers. We can host 1-3 volunteers during this time. We are a host farm through wwoof, helpx, and workaway. We ask 25 hours of farm-work/week in exchange for room & board. Room looks like either our...
by yarrow | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Another project that needed attending to this spring was the protection of Alan’s yurt cover. The cover was originally made from a reclaimed billboard, sewn into yurt-cover-shape and then painted grey with regular exterior latex house paint. That was in 2009, so...
by yarrow | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s been so much going on at the farm this spring! Which is usual for springtime on farms, I suppose. After a number of setbacks (mice, irrigation, wild swings in the weather) the greenhouse is up and running for the year and beginning to produce lovely...
by yarrow | Mar 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the ways we communicate about projects on the farm is that there is a kanban (information board) in the kitchen, with sticky notes on it, that go from Projects to Tasks. When a task gets done, you move it to the Done section, and we celebrate that at house...
