Getting Stoked For Spring

As I drove home from Shelby County yesterday evening, I could barely contain my excitement as my thermometer read 47 degrees. My chickens, who I had just picked up from the sitters, were excited too but expressed themselves in feces instead of my joyous yelping. I also would be meeting with the cinematographer, Stephen Kertis, who came with Steve Paradis to document some of the projects i had rolling on the property. The first Steve said he had the footage ready for me to take home and links to add to the blog.

On returning home, let my chickens back into their condo, gave them some treats and some new hay. Still in my school clothes I ran to the front yard and started pruning the blackberries by the sidewalk. It was a lot of guesswork, but I think they will produce on the second year canes that I left behind. The greenhouse is pumping, especially with the new solar collector I installed on the front which is pictured above. Soon it will be filled with seedlings to transplant.

The meeting with the first Steve was a enlightening conversation as we discussed the overlaps of sustainable urban agriculture and film. Robert, a veteran and part time organic farmer in the Philippines, joined us to add some IMO (Indigeonous Micro-Organism) talk to the conversation. Steve also passed on the movies which I will attach to this post.