Hubert is clearly after the same spot of shade as Lola and Wanda ...
The Wwoofers head to the Local Senior Centre for a night of poker !
Beautiful Lake Berryessa from the farm
Jenna digs to China
chickens
Celebrating Denise & Jamie's Birthday ... in 1970
How many Wwoofers does it take to build a root cellar?
Perfecting our techniques ...
The temperature has dropped to below 100F today so the laptop works and we are once more able to blog. We have had an amazing July here at the farm with exciting new projects on the farm and new Wwoofers arriving just in time for a series of summer parties, Pope Valley Style.
Our lovely Charlie and Kai have recently left Pope Valley to continue their summer adventures. We miss them terribly but luckily the arrival of four new Wwoofers has helped. Brandon from LA arrived last week and has already become a very skilled roofer. Also new on the farm are Melanie, Allison and Jenna (all friends at Barnard).
We have been working on building a new root cellar here at the farm. It has been an great experience for everyone and we are learning so much. I have been so impressed how well we are all working as a team and we can now mix and pour concrete like a pro. The plywood roof went on last weekend and the final pour is on Friday. Then hopefully in a couple of weeks we will have a cool space to store the fruits and vegetables (which will also double-up as our cinema).
Other projects have been extending the fencing further out from the main animal area. This will give our goats more area to play in and more shrubs & trees to munch on. The roof is now on the goat and chicken hut and the animals are super happy. Jenna and Allison have been digging and digging .. and are now planting new grape plants around the main house. They have used our new seaweed compost as it has proven to be so successful on other plants in the garden.
We have been having great fun as a group as well. Jamie and myself celebrated our birthdays with a marvelous party in which everyone dressed up in 1970' s or 1980's clothes (rummaged from the thrift stores of St Helena). Music and sushi was made and a talent show performed. We have also started socialising with the locals at the Spanish Flats Senior Centre and are now welcomed for regular cross generation poker nights and lunch time bingo. Much fun is had on Lake Berryessa .. if we are not swimming or kayaking in it then we are harvesting seaweed .. the best way to survive the afternoon heat.
Well that's it for now from our little bit of paradise.
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