The Road to the Farm

Hello? Sorry I've been out of touch, I hope you are still out there, lovely readers!  Its been a couple of months since I was last here.  My time away was filled with new places, new faces and a lot of learning experiences.  Costa Rica was amazingly beautiful, hot and humid, and filled with new sounds and sights.  You can read more about the adventures Ray and I had here.

We spent our the first month of our trip at Rancho Mastatal where we were temporarily part of a hard working community that was lots of fun.  We helped work on projects, such as: building with wattle and daub, framing simple walls, building compost piles, making a wooden counter for a sink, baking bread, fermenting foods, cooking meals, transplanting into swales, digging ditches, making glasses out of soda bottles, and picking mangoes from tall trees.  I learned new skills which I can't wait to use and improve and was really inspired by all of the projects that they incorporate into their efforts to live sustainably.

 We are back in Maine for a couple of months until our move to the mid-west.  I am excited to share some of the things that I have learned with you, but I admit that I might not be reporting here as much as I would like to until later in the summer.  There are a few things I would like to do soon, though, like making ginger beer, and I will keep you posted!