The Hawthorne Valley is so full, so dynamic; so many things go on here every day, and I am only just beginning to see the complexity and human investment that is Hawthorne.
Just to give a small sense, there is the Hawthorne Valley Association, the Hawthorne Valley School, the Hawthorne Valley Farm, the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store, and the Hawthorne Valley Farm Visiting Students Program...and I'm sure I left something out ;)
So I want to offer a few pictures from different areas of the Valley, giving some sense of the daily dynamic here.
Our sow Bubblegum gives birth
Several were still-born, a few were crushed during the two-hour birth...only 3 survived. Mother nature can be both sweet and sharp.
Taking care of our woods
Prepping and packing sauerkraut with Seth
Katie lights the cob-oven for bread baking
Some inside shots of the Dairy
The processing floor
The copper milk vat
The newfangled yogurt do-hicky
Filling yogurt
So much yogurt...
Where does all this milk come from?
The herd
Milking equipment
Farmer Lisa hand milking an injured utter
With a warm heart...
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