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And what comes after a hard mornings work at the cooperative? Pizza in our wood fired oven. Yum!

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Log harvest for or mushroom workshop! https://thecooperativeatdawnfarm.org/2019-mushroom-workshop/

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Observations in our 8 acre food forest: Left picture is new pasture, seeded a couple of years ago after decades of corn and soy. The right picture is the same field and was seeded at the same time, but has had @projectmowypsi sheep graze on it at times over the summer. These areas are right next to each other, and they offer us some insight into the healing potential of working with animals to rebuild the soil. .

Here at the Cooperative we are all relatively new to farming. Our main mission is to be good stewards to this land, all our other projects/businesses need to be in alignment with that mission. From my perspective, this has been less about making big obvious overtly “productive” things happen and more about observing all these little details over time- working to integrate all these clues about what even constitutes good stewardship for this place. So much of this is about patience and curiosity, about placing trust in our values, about a willingness not to have the answers before we’ve earned them. I’m so grateful to have that kind of opportunity here. . ❤️ Grace @polliwogfarm .
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This time of year there are always those few sunflowers who seem determined to let their faces feel the sun until the very end. ❤️🌻🍁

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Picking pears at the farm.

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Testing out a new tiller at the farm.

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Oh uncle Milton, we just love this new pasture. Especially the brown eyed Susan's!

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Prickly ash, a native to this area in the citrus family. The berries taste like a cross between lemon peel and Echinacea.

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Summer scythe practice in the food forest.

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I was worried about this hornets nest in the food forest, looks like something took care of it for me.

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Found this colorful and well-fed guy on the black currants in our Food Forest. Life is getting more diverse and interesting out there all the time. Possibly a #cecropia ?
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This Saturday! 10am-noon

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Scythed my way across the food forest today...

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So excited to start welcoming the new @projectmowypsi lambs to the farm! Many more cute pictures to come. This little fella was born this morning, and the two twin boys in the video were born 4 days ago. A dozen or so mamas are still pregnant!
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Our member Milton has been learning to use a scythe! He very quickly mowed some of the overgrown edges of our shared spaces. It is arguably just as fast to do as a weed whacker, without the emissions or upkeep! He says: “It’s a good core workout! I also like that it’s technique based. It’s not how hard you do it, it’s how well you do it.”

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This morning was breezy and perfect for harvesting red clover for our member Grace’s “Happy Woman Tea”. 🌱🍵

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