Barley Harvest July 27th

Saturday, July 27 • Hand-harvesting Barley Volunteer Work Day // Potluck

Come help us hand-harvest our barley crop anytime throughout our workday, then stay for a potluck.

Volunteer and John hand-harvesting wheat in 2012.

Harvest: from 10am-5pm volunteers will help with hand-harvesting, binding (sheaving) and shocking the grain. Water will be provided all day, please bring your own lunch.

Potluck: From 5-7 we will enjoy a potluck to celebrate the harvest and our hard work. We will provide water, soda and a hot grill--please bring a dish to share, and your own meat for the grill, if you like.

Bring: sunscreen, bug spray. Long-sleeves and pants are recommended.

RSVP for the event to alternativerootsfarm@yahoo.com.

Oats, post-harvest 2012, shocks in the field.

Shocks of oats (2012).

Wheat Harvest Update

On Sunday, July 15th, we had a Wheat Harvest Workshop planned; unfortunately, the instructor was ill and the workshop was cancelled. But the wheat is ready, so we are harvesting. On Sunday we did still have one volunteer who came down from the cities and helped for a few hours, and got some one-on-one instruction with John. We are harvesting the wheat with a hand sickle, versus cutting the field with the scythe, like we did for the oats.

Our volunteer, Christopher, and John cutting and laying
the wheat in piles to be sheaved.

A giant THANK YOU to Mr. Christopher Thompson for volunteering his time and a wonderful visit.

 We will continue to work at the field little by little until we get it done, but it's definitely a process. If you are interested in volunteering to come out and help some day or evening, please don't hesitate to call--any time would be appreciated :)

Wheat Harvest Workshop

July 15th • Wheat Harvest Workshop: harvesting wheat by scythe

10 am, weather permitting

Exciting!  We are holding our first workshop on the farm with Botan Anderson of The One Scythe Revolution.  Our wheat field was broadcast seeded, and is about a 1/4 acre in size.

Contact us for more info: alternativerootsfarm@yahoo.com or 507.439.6541

Wheat field (on the right).

Wheat with dew.