![]() ![]() You've got to get both feet firmly planted on that surfboard and ride the rushing wave. In some ways, it's easier (there's more community support) and in some ways, it's more difficult (you can't just sit back, be conservative and let your boat float). And so, I am, farming (some people call it gardening but it's more than that, not really "farming" but farmeding or garming? we need some new language about this whole thing) like my mother and father did. Whatever you want your kids to be, however you want them to "turn out" do that. At least on the superficial conversational level. And I have also learned that it's best to not pay too much heed to my children. I'll never do that!" I haven't learned much in life. And if you told me that I would be growing vegetables in black dirt, I would have laughed and said "There is no way. Usually, I am looking forward to whatever is next. And reading Henry Miller and Dostoyevsky. Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that the 10th pickup (halfway) for the CSA was yesterday, Tuesday, July 26. I moved into Manhattan and spent four glorious months doing nothing (workwise) and everything (NYC-wise) - museums, art galleries, off-off Broadway, Panchitos, Staten Island ferries, double features in air-conditioned theaters seeing James, Jimmy and Judy (Dean, Cliff and Davis). I worked that job for a little over a year, saved a bunch of money and quit. We would gasp in awe of the "power of the fax machine" which could send an entire page of information to Switzerland in just a minute or so compared to the slow. The telex business was quickly getting replaced by the revolutionary "fax" machine. I worked for Western Union International selling Telex (does anyone even remember what that is?) service, a dying business, to multi-nationals. Even though it was during a "recession" it was still easier then to find a job. I slept on my sister's couch in her NJ garden apartment for three weeks until I found a job and a place to live in Morristown, NJ in an old house on Western Avenue with three roommates. After graduating college early, I worked for Pizza Hut for one month, saved $300, packed my Volkswagen station wagon (I never craved cool cars) and headed east. Yes, I was one of four and we had 76 kids in our graduating class of '76. I attended a small, rural high school where the ratio of Future Farmers of America (FFA)to "college-bound" students (CBS, no just kidding!)was probably, no actually 72-4. ![]() He came to write (he is a writer of sports, particularly baseball, and covered the Mets for the Star-Ledger) and I came to leave the Midwest, particularly agriculture, behind. Members may pick up shares on Tuesdays after 1 p.m.My family came to visit. are also available for sale.Īddress:150 Florence Avenue (behind 27 Utter Avenue), Hawthorne, NJ 07506 Other items such as honey, eggs, cheese, grass-fed meat, etc. Members pick up shares on Tuesdays between 2:30 and 7 p.m. Hesperides Organica's Farm Market (Tue) We offer a limited number of shares of produce and donate the rest of the harvest to local food banks and homeless shelters. We grow a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Soil fertility is maintained through the use of crop rotation, fallow fields, compost tea and cover crops. aire y agua, con el objetivo de medir los aportes de contaminacin orgnica provocada por el hombre en los polos. Our focus is to promote locally grown vegetables and herbs on small family farms. We practice sustainable agriculture with the intention of minimizing the use of fossil fuels. Sea notorio a todos los ciudadanos que el Parlamento de Canarias ha aprobado y yo, en nombre del Rey y de acuerdo con lo que establece el artículo 47.1 del Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias, promulgo y ordeno la publicación de la Ley 9/2019, de 9 de abril, de reconocimiento de la universidad privada Universidad de las Hespérides. We tend 12 blissful acres of black dirt in the far western corner of Orange County, New York, near Mt. ![]() ![]() Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world near the Atlas mountains on a blessed island. They want it all free and they dont understand the work and effort that really goes into growing that food - the planting. And sadly your post had a point - these days people dont want to pay for good quality food. at Hesperides Organica's Farm Market at 150 Florence Avenue in Hawthorne, New Jersey, 16 Skyline Lakes Drive, Ringwood, NJ or 5 Owl Lane, Warwick, NY. Im sorry to hear that you got hurt and hope youll heal soon. Member share pickup is on Tuesdays from 4:30-7 p.m. Additional weeks may be offered depending on seasonal frost. This year our season runs for 20 weeks from Tuesday, May 24 through Tuesday, October 4. We offer a weekly share of Veganically grown, freshly picked vegetables and herbs. ![]()
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