Archive for September, 2008

Bees and Other Beautiful Things

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

One of my favorite things working on the farm, is the opportunity to work with the honeybees. Harvesting honey (it was delicious!) was one of the greatest learning experiences of my life. Today I worked towards repairing frames by replacing the broken foundations with new ones. (Foundations are waxy sheets that are inserted in [...]

Bees and Other Beautiful Things

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Kirsten, Shelagh, Tara, Jeff, Ben + Beardsley Farm= True Love

Monday, September 8th, 2008

It is the beginning of another Americorps season and Beardsley Community Farm has three new members, Tara Dettmar, Kirsten Halverson and Shelagh Leutwiler, in addition to Ben Epperson, our site supervisor, and Jeff Martin a returning Americorps member. Here they are to introduce themselves.
Hello, I’m Tara Dettmar. I am currently interning on Beardsley [...]

Kirsten, Shelagh, Tara, Jeff, Ben + Beardsley Farm= True Love

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