It was a warm and sunny day in May when several of us gathered at the Divinity Farm to plant the summer crops. Robert was there with his family and he was especially excited about the giant pumpkins. He planted three seedlings, and we just harvested three monster pumpkins. Good job Robert!
Here's the pumpkin at Robert's house. It weighed more than 100 pounds.
Here's Robert with his giant jack-o-lantern
Stephanie's really good at incorporating environmental stewardship into liturgy. Here she leads a blessing of the farm.
Sunshine, flowers, springtime, and banjo music. (you can't see the banjo, but he's there)
Sunflowers!
Soil.
Props to John and Freddie Helmierre who engineered a new way to measure the beds. We moved the rope and string contraption with teamwork.
There's the banjo. A famous community in South America (Gaviotas) always has two volunteers playing music while the rest of the team works.
Show time.
Sarah and Andy worked at the Asian Rural Institute during the summer of 2009. We met young farmers from 30 countries, and we partnered with a really fun group from International Christian University, Tokyo. Rocky brought us to the University garden and we took this picture. You can almost see the hot humidity in this picture. Sunbeams steam through thick wet air...But it was a great experience
It's hard to see because of the dim light, but lettuce is still growing in this February blizzard!MEET GORDON @ FOODSHED from Giovanni P Autran on Vimeo.
