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Foxglove Farm & the centre for Arts, Ecology & Agriculture

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Commenced:	01/04/2012
Submitted:	12/04/2012
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Salt Spring Island, BC, CA
Website:	http://www.foxglovefarmbc.ca/
Climate zone:	Cool Temperate

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Posted by Chris Muscat about 13 years ago

My first two weeks

Seeing that I started this page I'd best keep up with it. The first two weeks on the farm have been awesomely intense and already very enlightening. It’s interesting to come from the perspective of a permaculturist and delve into a farming scenario of course with an open mind. Michael said something to me within the first few days of working that has really stuck. He expressed that first he is trying to create a lucratively viable farm that is mostly focused on the local market and creating a model of how it can be done, and secondly he dreams of seeing everyone growing there own food and not relying on farms anymore. It was a powerful statement that I completely agree with.

So during the last two weeks there has been a lot of soil building, from turning in cover crops to adding compost and amendments and eventually forming beds for planting. Already we have planted hundreds of plants, from various peppers and eggplant to collards and kale and chard, tomatoes, artichokes and literally thousands of strawberries. It’s been intense but very enjoyable and healthy work. I am working along side two apprentices who will be there for the summer and helping keep the farm running smoothly. Michael has just gone away to Australia for a speaking tour on agriculture and we are hanging out with a woman named Triny from California who is helping us run things for now.

Well in a nut shell that’s about it, Lots of food in the ground and lots of hard work.

It’s really nice to have my hands in the earth and mud for that matter ;)

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