Chicken Scratch

A Whisper 200 went up in 2009! It is the only turbine on the peninsula that sits on an approved 30 foot tower. It currently charges batteries and will soon light lights, run water, etc. We are in a class 4 wind zone so turbines are the best investment for alternative power.

Whisper 200 at Green Angel Gardens

Hello to a new year and new decade!
Sustainable living is now the buzz phrase, we’ve been plodding along here for 5 years moving toward sustainability. Woofers from all over the Earth have helped out and learned much in the process and had lots of fun. Here are some of the volunteers!

Couple from Nova Scotia and Lane from the east coast

Owner of Green Angel

Samantha was one of 6 people we had to let go in November as the landscaping company’s income stopped and it was what was funding the farm operation.
Now, the farm continues with the aide of a strong CSA! We have 30+ members, hooray! We’ve had wwoofers too and a few volunteers from the community. So keep in touch with us and watch us grow!

Here at Green Angel, we start all our wonderful vegetables we grow in seed trays. These are 200 individual cells that I fill with special soil and place a seed in each cell. Then we set them under lights to keep them warm and moist.

 September 30th ( about a week and a half ago) I started 8 different things, like beets, chard, kale, bokchoy, spinach and a variety of different lettuces. They all sprouted and were growing normal untill the beginning of this week. I noticed that there were only stems left of a lot of the little babys. Then I noticed little mice droppings all through out the trays. So I take them out from under the lights, when I came back the next day..more were eaten.

We finally get 4 different traps, set them with peanut butter and leave them out for the night. They were checked the next morning and a couple of them had been set off but no mouse.

The mouse had gone along and ate more of our vegetable starts. So today, Larkin went out and bought some kind of sound machine that they aren’t suppose to like and it keeps them away. I’ll let you know after a couple days. I did more seedtrays so let’s hope so.

Just goes to show, even the most disgustings little creatures know’s where to get the best organic vegetables.

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Write back later!

So today I have been working a little bit on our Community Supported Agriculture. Our goal is to have 20 members.  We have reached that goal in the past, especially since we have established a drop-off point over in Astoria. 

I have set a personal goal of getting 30 members this time around. So I have made a flyer to hang around to let everyone know that there is a CSA available here on the peninsula. Last night I went and pasted them all over this little town and when I came into work this morning I had already gotten calls from people who saw the flyers and wanted to JOIN! I’m so excited, I think CSA is really a great way for people to learn and understand where their food is coming from. You don’t know who grows those salad greens you by over in Safeway, or where those baby carrots came from. Purchasing produce from local farms lets people get to know the hands that feed them. 

So help support local farms and join a CSA around your area, or if you can visit our farm-store…come by and you can see where YOUR food is coming from. 

www.localharvest.com  will help you find a CSA in your area. 

Me!

Hi, my name is Samantha and I am the full time manager of Green Angel’s Organic Farm. I am turning 18 soon, and having this job has helped me look at our community and generally the world totally different. I am a locavore and really I think this is the best possible way to eat, because eating local produced food you for 1, get to know where your food comes from and even sometimes meet the person who grows it for you and also think about all the trucks that have to drive from all the different locations to bring the industrial stores their produce, and all the food coming from across seas. All the transportation is a waste of fuel, which is kinda a big deal right now, and is producing a whole bunch of Co2 that is going straight into our atmosphere. :( 

I am now planning on going to college and getting a degree in Agriculture/Horticulture to have a Organic farm of my own and to help teach others about growing thier own food and actually how fun and simple it can be!

I will be posting weekly, updating you on our farm, our chickens, just Green Angel Gardens in general.

Fridays, we have volunteer day. From 10 until noon, feel free to come and learn all about organic farming.

stay tuned for more updates.

Welcome to Green Angel Gardening!  We’re just getting our feet wet with this blogging business.  Stay tuned!