thomaston to race brook farm

the woman i stayed with said shortly before my departure, "love to give you a ride if i could afford the gas..." and i was thinking of that as i rode away. it occurred to me that i could afford to pay for gas and maybe it would be good for she and her aunt to see the farm i was heading to. just a couple minutes after i was thinking that they caught up to me in the car... i had forgotten my embroidery thread, which i make the bracelets out of. it had fallen out of my bag in the back yard the previous night!
so they drove me out and it was as i had thought, very beneficial all around!

when i arrived at the little camp where the farm project is working out of temporarily they were just getting into a conversation about humanure compost! i was able to contribute my perspective and some information that may be useful as they proceed. the humanure handbook was ordered that night by the farm coordinator!

being there for a few nights was very good for me and i was able to encourage the folks working there. i built a compost bin to hold their weeds from the farm. i realized they could just build flat-topped wind rows, but it was kind of a symbolic gesture. the idea is also that eventually all materials will be incorporated in such bins together. their system currently is to separate food scraps, humanure, and weeds from the farm. the kitchen at race brook lodge provides quite a bit of food scraps. the next step will be to include ALL food scraps, as they now only take vegetable material.

the last night i was there i attended a performance by a band called interlopers. it was a blast and i was influential in getting folks dancing. i really couldn't help moving to their music!