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Our Founding Fathers & Mothers...
These are the people who believed in our mission with their heart and... money! |
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Our Founding Fathers & Mothers...
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Sandra
Sandra is a great field worker and is very generous of her person. She was also Roux and Billy's godmother. |
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Shawna
Shawna has many neighbors/friends who can use the new techniques learned at the farm. |
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Tyler
Tyler worked hard and then got married. We never saw him again... |
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Fred
When Fred does not garden, he is the "Fiddler in the Shed". |
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Kristena & Fred
Both such devoted volunteers... Pictured crossing scissors over a wall of basil. We all enjoy harvesting basil until the scent starts to overwhelm... |
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Liz
Liz loves it. She works in the field as a fish swims in water. Get me 5 Lizes !! |
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Pierce & Fred
Pierce joined us in Fall. She loves outdoors work and it shows. |
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Patrice is in Love...
...with his soil! |
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Roux
He is a sweet and loyal one. |
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Billy
Billy is Roux' soulmate. They found each other and will never be apart. |
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Our favorite crop yet: our kids
We had children in our fields all year long. Check them out on our "Outreach" page. |
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Deer Fence
This fence is light and inexpensive, and effective for deer but not armadillos our other main problem. |
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Our old pond
This pond is aged and beams with life. Our irrigation water always comes from it. |
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Egyptian Onions
Our earliest crop!! |
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Summer Lettuce
In Arkansas, summer lettuce is "technical". |
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The Shed
At times, this place is buzzing.. |
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Shed & Greenhouse
View from the field. |
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Greenhouse
The greenhouse is used entirely for "starts"and to stay warm in winter. |
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Early Cabbage Planting
Spring of 2007 was so warm so soon... We could not resist planting early, and.... we paid for it!! |
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Mulching a new area.
The crew is applying a second layer of mulch over the original pasture where we'll plant tomatoes and peppers the first year. |
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All at Work !
This is busy picture, with Ray (Kristena's hubby) in the front row, picking beans. |
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Fall Beans
Beans were great in 2007... We had snap beans, flat Romano beans and even purple beans. So many beans, and so little harvesting time ! |
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Fall Lettuce
Why do I love those rows of lettuce so much?? |
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Market Pic
Trying to make the biggest mounds of veggies ever! |
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Market Pic
Early Fall market table with hot and cool weather crops mingling. |
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Market Pic
Color in the Peppers! |
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Lettuce Harvest
Harvesting lettuce is fast work. The trick is to scope the largest heads. |
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Lettuce Wash
Heads are cartted down to the shed and washed in well-water. |
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