5.08.2009

Farming 1, Halley 0

There's been a slight change of plans - Juniper Hill was not what I had been expecting. Specifically, the vibrant community of students and farmers that I had been told to expect ended up being just two people, one older woman and another guy in his early thirties. It became apparent rather quickly that although I was learning a lot (goat milking, cheese making, edible weeds, roto-tilling) this was not the social environment I had been planning on. And that was a drag.  

So, I decided that time would be better spent back in Hudson, finalizing my Austin apartment hunting trip, talking with brokers and most importantly, finally organizing all those Roy family photo albums. (Sorry Gram!) I'm also double checking with my second farm in Maine, sussing out just how their farm works so that when I give it another try I don't make the same mistake again.

Now, to avoid those blog rants as promised, I'll leave it at that. 

5.07.2009

Photo Post: Goats!

I'll let the pictures do the talking...


















5.05.2009

Define: Yurt

Yurt: (n.) A circular, domed, portable tent used by nomadic people of central Asia.*



My yurt. Camouflaged with dead branches and trees...


View to the right. My bed. 


View to the left. Some bikes. And the middle pole which has trusty rusty nails for hanging jackets.


And again, a better shot of the bed. The mattress is Tempur-Pedic, no joke. Super comfortable, slept well the first night. 

And roosters start at 5:30am, just fyi. 


*according to www.thefreedictionary.com/yurt

5.03.2009

First Post!

THE first post - with hopefully more to follow. Having a blog is already creating anxiety so expect mostly photographs and very little narration. 

And I'm doing this so that I can say my grandparents are wicked cool - they read my blog!

Tomorrow I'm leaving for Juniper Hill Farm in Amherst, MA to live in a yurt and make goat cheese and hopefully learn all about organic farming. I'll post some pictures as soon as possible so check back for those. 

I've already had one request - baby goat pictures for Mina! Anything else? Leave in the comments below because that'll just make me feel special...