WE ARE LOOKING FOR STRAWBERRY PICKERS THIS JUNE!
The strawberries will be ready to pick starting in early June (weather permitting) and the work will continue for 3-4 weeks.
This is paid piece-work. Speed, patience, a gentle touch and an eye for quality are key.
Strawberry pickers will pick starting early in the mornings, and then either do 4 hours of wwoofing (unpaid work) in the afternoon, or pay the farm $10/night for rent and food. 3 meals a day will be provided by the farm, and strawberry pickers are expected to sign up on the “chore board” (eg., pitch in on cooking and dishes) — this counts as part of your wwoofing.
All strawberry pickers must bring their own tents and camp the entire time they’re here, as we’re unable to offer any indoor accommodations this season.
Please email us a.s.a.p. if you’re interested, as positions are limited! Thanks!
Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. ~W. Earl Hall
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood
Hello again friends,
Not much really to report; we are just getting busy preparing for the upcoming season (again). Right now we are pruning trees and raspberries, building a new greenhouse, seeding plants, and making plans.
We’re getting a lot of wwoofer requests, which is good, because we can use a lot of help.In addition to all our regular farm operations, we are going to be moving along with the construction of our straw bale structure in April, building a bike shop, and many other pet projects (water collection/storage, solar dehydrator, perpetual compost projects, herbs, etc.). If you have interest or expertise in any of these fields and would like to share, contact us!
We’ve actually already had 1 wwoofer this year; thanks Victor for all your hard work, your mayonnaise-making attempts, and your kind spirit.
Oh, and now that the studio is completed (and gorgeous!) we’d love to do a trade for yoga classes from a local instructor. Please contact us if that speaks to you!
greetings everyone!
The oldest photo of Oli that I could find. Circa 2005.
can you feel the renewal of spring around the corner or what? we’re feeling it with the departure of some key Golden Ears personal; Oli and Naomi set off yesterday on a round the world adventure. Of course we are thankful for all the blood, sweet and tears they’ve put into the farm over the years, but we’re especially happy that Oli was able to finish his pièce de résistance, the yoga studio! If you haven’t seen the completed space yet, prepare to be impressed.
a good chance to view the completed work will be at our next Home Routes concert, which is Dave Stoddard on March 14th. Dave is known as the George Carlin of folk music, and all the home routes concerts have been great performers. Tickets are $20, which all goes to the musician. Contact Anne or us if you want tickets or more info.
it’s already time again for Seedy Saturday, which is February 25th at Sahali Mall from 9:30-1:30 or so. if you are a serious gardener you’ll want to get there early to get the good stuff. we’ll have a table there with our famous baked pies and delicious bread for sale, as well as dried beans, squash, and root veggies.
we are very excited to have the opportunity to host a workshop on child birth wisdom. it will be led by some very knowledgeable and experienced birthing educators/advocates/assistants and will accommodate all levels of knowledge and many areas of interest such as the history of midwives, natal herbology, nutrition and massage. we are still in the planning phase, but if you have interest in such topics, please touch base with us so we can gauge the level of interest. Contact Rose regarding the workshop.
sadly it seems the main “readership” of the blog is spambots, but for all your real humans out there, specifically those of you who consume food to live; we will be baking bread this winter!
we’re taking order for all three of our specialties; yogurt-soaked wheat, rye, and spelt. if you haven’t tried the yogurt-soaked, you don’t know what you’re missing. it’s packed with quality ingredients like flax seed, millet, molasses, but it’s super soft and sweet. the rye and spelt loaves are simply classic and speak for themselves.
we’ll be baking thursday afternoon and delivering orders to Kamloops for pick up on Friday morning.
you do need to place an order ahead of time, so contact us Wednesday at the latest. for more info, a full ingredient list , or to place your order – ask for the baker, Kate, at 250-679-8421, or email us through the website. (except for you spambots, you could please STOP emailing us through the website).
hey everyone.
as you can see, we got a new website design and a new blog format. big thanks to illona for revamping the site for us, all the way from portland!
we haven’t really had a chance to sit down at the computer and learn how to use the new site; busy busy summer. we’ve had a lot of fun and did ALOT of work, with the help of our wwoofers, visitors, and our intern this season. we got the new strawberry patch weeded and mulched already, food preservation is in full swing with salsa canning and fruit drying, and we’ve even played some volleyball on the beach!
a good chance to come out and see us and the farm is, of course, the annual Golden Ears Corn Roast. Saturday, September 10th from 2ish until whenever. Potluck, variety show, and our friend Tony Robertson is going to play with his band in the evening.
Hope to see you there!
-kelsey
I’m personally happy to have made it through my first Golden Ears winter on the farm. It’s been a good time, but I’m excited for warm weather, hula hooping, plants growing and wwoofers.
We’re eagerly getting all our new projects underway, including…
The Golden Ears Bike Stand! Since it’s been warm enough to tune bikes without freezing our fingers off we’ve been pretty busy getting bikes ready to sell. So get in touch with us if you need to buy a bike, have a bike that needs repairs, or have an old bike (or a stack of old kids’ bikes) that you would like to donate to us.
Oh oh oh! We… are… having… PUPPIES! Well, Ella is having them. So if you are going to be looking for a puppy in the next month or so, let us know.
More detailed info on this later, but if you are interested in being involved in any yoga classes we will be offering this summer, just touch base with us so we can talk about scheduling and find out who might be interested, etc.
We’ve started planting and planning out in the garden:
- planted many rows of peas
- started transplanting onions
- some yummy spinach and chard has come up in the greenhouse
- the first garlic has been spotted popping out of the ground
- trays of everything else are started in the greenhouse; peppers, eggplant, cabbage, kale, tomatoes, broccoli… everything.
Lots of spring cleaning (aka putting old stuff on Craigslist) is happening here. PARTS of the farm are starting to look quite tidy!
Ok, to recap, CONTACT US about bikes, puppies, yoga, and/or books. Contacting us just to say ‘hi’ is also acceptable.
-kelsey
Hey everyone,
The Kamloops Farmer’s Market is starting up for the season, the first one happening this weekend, April 23rd. We will be there with the freshest of the fresh; lettuce, some spinach, and our smiling faces.
As well, the Chase Farmer’s Market starts up Friday, May 6th at a new and better time of 9:30-1:30. In addition to selling our local produce, we will have the Bike Stand doing repairs and sales.
Wherever you live, remember to support your local Farmer’s Market. Find out the market dates and live by them!
well i wrote a blog post and then lost it; how frustrating. oh well.. here goes again.
we’ve been quite busy lately, the group corn hoeing sessions have begun. we are making headway on killing all the weeds. the strawberries are looking pretty OK.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snekels/5848950180/
we still have 1 (or 2, depending on who you ask) of ella’s puppies left. they are about 7 weeks old, have great genetics, and would make a great addition to any family.
the fruit stand will be open June 16th, so we’ve started preparing for opening by making a ton of pies and cleaning up. the back of the fruit stand has never been tidier!
our friend neskie is still missing. he hasn’t been seen since mother’s day and nobody seems to have any idea where he is, except for a tip that he was seen in Vancouver. here is the poster with all the details.
-kelsey
Well that was a poorly maintained blog to say the least.
A quick point form recap
-strawberries were terrible this year
-raspberries good
-fruitstand has been very busy
-an incredible amount of corn from approx 7 acres
That is pretty limited info i know hopfully i will be able to prvide more detail later.
don’t forget about the corn roast
-tristan
