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It's official - wow, we actually have some official things happening this year. Quick Update.

Farm meetings for this spring, until we can get out to the farm, are the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 10 a.m. at the Palumbo's home. We've had great attendance the past few months and we haven't even started our membership drive.

There's an even higher sense of excitement and anticipation this year - we're getting ready EARLY for the 2009 season, we have great leadership -Scott Parsons is putting to… Continue

For a week I walked on nothing but concrete and tar – and loved it, all the people, and the places and all the pizza. And then how wonderful it felt to come home. A big wide street – and no one on it. After 5 days, I was walking on a Manhattan street and realized there was nowhere on the island I could go to find a quiet place. I had a great time in Manhattan, but I sure appreciate that we can touch dirt and grow food at Solid Rock, and we can live here in a place like Chelan.



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Hi farm friends,

Okay, whatever else happens at Solid Rock, I’m satisfied…on Saturday we harvested the garlic, 4 boxloads of hardneck and softnecks. Success. I’ve never grown or harvested garlic before.

Nor had I ever hilled potatoes with straw. After piling dirt around a long row of potatoes I thought I was becoming a ditch digger. Gene suggested putting straw around the rest of the plants and letting the potatoes develop right in the straw. Anne and I put loads and loads of straw on last Sat… Continue

After weeks and weeks of sitting around in the “under an inch” category, our basil are on the move, with the first full size leaves coming in this past week. Thanks to all the help with weeding we can actually see these little pesto makers in their rows. Edible flowers are growing fast too.

The workshed has some of the trim on it now. Thank you, thank you Gene for creating this space for us. Now we need a trip to recover excess apple prop stakes. We’re planning to use these for the siding of th… Continue

Hi Friends,

“Finish Your Plate” was one of our house rules when I grew up. Right now at Solid Rock we have an expanding plateful of food. Early in the season we were wondering how we’d plant enough food. Now we’re wondering how we got so much. For those who like talking about these things, how about we meet this Saturday at 10 a.m. and share ideas about sharing our abundance? Some of us want our hands in the dirt. Some of us want to talk things through. Perhaps we should try a brief optional me… Continue