Organic Agriculture @ WSU

WSU's Organic Farm, video by WSU

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V. 1.5 & 2.0

Finally! the hoophouses are up, covered and the first has it's endwalls on and the first plant starts adjusting.

It was quite the feat.  step one: get volunteers committed.  Step two, get volunteers re-committed to a new weekend that had less wind and luckily beautiful weather! Step three: get everyone present and on the same page.

Once everyone was here and in place, we tried waiting for a dead spot in the wind but if you're familiar with the palouse, dead spots in winds never come until the hottest day in August.  So we decided there would be enough of us and started hauling on the ropes to pull the plastic over the hoophouse.  Lots of adjusting and wiggle wire later, we had two brand new hoophouses.

Then it was time for lunch.  Pulled pork, baked beans, mashed potatoes and Challah bread with some of HM and A's dyed Easter eggs in the braid.  All home-made!

There's more pictures in our Facebook Album.  This album should be view-able even if you do not have a Facebook account.

 We'd like to thank profusely those folks kind enough to give up their Sunday morning to lend us a hand: Mom & Dad, Josey & Lindsey, Debi & Dave,  Eric & Betty, Devon, Alden, Brendan, Nate & friends, Lauren, Derek & Keri, Erin.  We could not have done it without all of you!

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Pigs!!!

We now have ten little piggies in residence next door to our sheep.  We are so excited!  right now they're cute. They have been enjoying all the space they have to bounce around and digging little holes in the ground they've been allowed outside.  learning the fine art of dumping their water bucket until I can get another system with less room for spillage ready to go.

It's odd, with our style of farming, to think that these guys had never seen the light of day, literally.  Never seen water in a bucket as opposed to out of a sip spout.  Never seen hay or non-pelleted foodstuffs or dirt.  Never known what their noses are designed to do.  Well, that only took them about five minutes.

For now they're cute.  And a bit mischievous with their digging holes next to the fence and sticking their heads through the fence but I imagine they'll grow out of those antics in favor of bigger pig antics.  Come August, our customers will be enjoying them on their dinner tables.

Want more pictures? Follow this link to our facebook album:  Pigs