Projects and Plans/2012

Yes, we are busy raising vegetables for market! but that is not all we do. Our goal is to live as 'sustainably' as possible by creating a whole-farm organism. "Sustainable' is an over-used and misunderstood term: it simply means to pursue a goal using as few external inputs as possible. For example, using home-built compost instead of bought fertilizers;  recycling rainwater instead of pumping water; saving seeds instead of ordering seeds from a catalog...

This year we have high hopes for completing these projects:

High priority! Rainwater collection--setting up gutter, rain barrels,  pump,  to feed our  high tunnel gravity-drip irrigation system.  Also creating swales on contour to capture thunderstorn run-off in the field.

Summer Kitchen--  for cooking, canning and baking.

 We now  have an Earth oven, 2 solar ovens, and a solar dehydrator.  We want to add one or more Rocket Stoves to the mix in 2012, with the next step being building a summer kitchen to house everything.

Forest Hut-- a small structure constructed with local Amish lumber and  natural materials. We have selected a site in our woods,  up on a bluff overlooking our creek.

Please contact us if you would like to help with any of these projects. Wwoofers and other volunteers are always welcome!  email  tchfrch@hotmail.com