Week of August 9th, 2010
It seems like forever since I’ve written. Having our daughter’s wedding here on the farm was wonderful and beautiful and time consuming but so very worth it. They transformed our barn into a beautiful Renaissances wedding. The work they and their friends did was truly amazing.
The wedding was the afternoon of Saturday, July 18th. I pulled in with my sister from out west and a friend at ten o’clock Thursday evening before the wedding. They took a long look at the major construction going on – asked among themselves and wondered – where is the wedding going to be? There is no way it can possibly happen here. There was still so much work to be done. But by Saturday, it was a place of pure beauty and serenity – especially with so many lovely flowers all over the property.
But it’s time to get back to work and we are now harvesting like made to make up for lost time. Today we harvested wood betony, nettle, alfalfa, mint, bee balm and red clover blossoms – and I am debating with myself if I should harvest more of the hyssop (hasn’t been a great seller lately, so if anyone is interested please let me know). Hate not to harvest it, but there are so many plants calling to me right now so I do need to be selective.
We (my husband Matthias and a friend) are putting up a new growing house. It is just enough different from our greenhouses with its roll up sides to be a little confusing. I will try and have pictures next week – it is pretty in its own way :)
The last few days we have had a young man from Germany visiting – he was here 6 years ago. He is biking and taking the train all over the USA, looking into EcoVillage and Camp Hill type places. They have had one in mind for over 8 years and will start building next year. All very interesting and exciting, so many different ways to look at living on this beautiful planet we all inhabit.
~ Green Blessings...Andrea and Matthias