What a crazy month it has been since I last wrote. Two of the wwoofers, Tom and Cassie, left the farm the first week in December. Tom went back home to New Jersey and Cassie went to Key West with Jason, a guy we met in Key West over Thanksgiving. That left just Chris and I on the farm in Miami. Nothing against Chris, but I have definitely felt Cassie and Tom’s absence more than I thought I would. I did not realize how much they made my day. This has definitely been a reminder that it is not necessarily [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone. It has been a crazy couple of weeks since I arrived in Miami! For those of you in the Northeast right now, it is 80 degrees and sunny here pretty much every day. Sorry to rub it in, but being away from New England winter is such a bonus! I arrived at Nature’s Acre on November 19th and met Cassie, the lone wwoofer who has been here for about two months. She was doing some planting in the garden but took a break to give me a thorough tour of the property and the living situation. The farm itself [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone! Since my last post I have a done a ton (!) of traveling. After leaving New Hampshire, Lilly and I spent some time in Rhode Island and then Halloween weekend in Boston visiting friends. Lilly went back to NYC on the 2nd and I spent a couple of days in Hamilton visiting the Grays. That weekend I went to New York City to visit friends and had a great time. Some highlights were: Citizens Brigade Comedy show and the Flatiron district at night with Theo, INCREDIBLE hot chocolate at City Bakery with Nikki (thanks Lilly!), $5 finds in Chinatown, [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone! I know it’s been a few weeks since I have updated the blog, but here it is- finally! First thing is first: my next farm is in Miami, Florida and I am leaving November 6th to head down there. I’m stopping in New York and Delaware to visit friends, and plan to be in Miami sometime during the week of November 16th. I am looking for somewhere to stop for the night along Route 95 (or close to it) in North Carolina along the way. I have friends in Savannah that will be my next stop, but between Delaware [View Full Entry]

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Sadly, this is my last post regarding the Androscoggin Apple Co in Maine as I left there on Sunday. I have to back track a bit to catch up on my last week there. Most of the week (Monday-Saturday!) was spent making applesauce. We collected about twenty bushels that we (eventually) made into applesauce by the end of the week. Making applesauce is a looonnnngggg process, not only because of all the steps involved, but because of the amount of apples that had to be processed. I can’t even imagine doing it in a good harvest year, it would take months! [View Full Entry]

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Since my last entry things have slowed down a lot here. Those first three days were definitely the busiest so far. Thursday Allen and I spent a few more hours picking apples. In total we collected about 15 bushels of apples over the two days. The second day was a better picking day for me - I felt stronger and more confident in what I was doing. The ladders are super heavy and difficult to maneuver on the trees, but after one day under my belt I had a better idea of how to place them and climb them without [View Full Entry]

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Day One as a WWOOFer at the Androscoggin Apple Farm in Greene, Maine. The farm itself consists of about 55 acres of active apple trees and pasteur land. The Smith family (Allen & Jenn and their kids, Isabel, Zeke and Eli) raise organic sheep for markets and individual buyers and also raise non-organic chickens and goats. They grow organic apples for cider, apple cider vinegar and apple sauce. There about 6 bee hives on the property which they use to get honey for selling at local markets and to make beeswax for candles. They also have a vegetable garden and blueberries [View Full Entry]

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Here is more info about WWOOF: YouTube Video series "Because There Are Goats" Part 1, 2, 3 Please watch! International WWOOFing, but still very informative and beautiful footage! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nzgT9tLRpU Article in the Sunday Boston Globe August 23, 2009 about WWOOFing! (Thanks to Karin for the cut-out!) http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/australia_oceania/articles/2009/08/23/working_your_way/ [View Full Entry]

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