We have been planning to install our solar and wind power system at EHO. We have researched many different structures and even considered building one from scratch. After many hours of research and planning, we decided to use a 40 foot steel shipping container to install our system. Half of the container will be used for the solar system and the other half will be used to store other farm equipment. The container was sanded, primed, and painted. A wall and door was built inside the container. R-insulation was used on the walls of the solar system’ s side to keep the room cool with an AC unit. We used uni-struts to build platforms for the charger, inverter and service panel.

Also we have over 25 fruiting Black Walnut trees on the farm. We have been clearing all the areas around the trees. Nuts are starting to fall and we are harvesting small groups of nuts for the hulls and the nuts. Once the hulls are dried and ran through the herb grinding machine, they are shipped to Global Healing Center. The nuts are cured and stored.

Pecan trees and Fig trees are fruiting and we are harvesting them for food storage.

August was extremely hot and we had to be careful working outside. There was not much animal activity this month. We saw, Hawks, Cranes, Crows, Blue Jays, Cardinals, White Birds, Baby copper heads and Deer.

Dr. G

Its been a busy couple weeks for us out at the EHO farm. Here is a summary of what has happened.  We cleared some downed trees from the pond and identified over 50 Black walnut trees along the creek line which we did not even know were there. So we will be harvesting these this year. We also purchased over 20 different earth tone and harmonic wind chimes and strategically placed them around the farm to enhance the energy of the land and plants. Then we planted the following trees: 2 – Li jujubees, 1-Tigertooth jujubee, 3-Red barron peach, 1-Rebeccas gold pawpaw, 1-Sunflower pawpaw, 1-Pawpaw wells, 1- Seto satsuma mandarin, 1-Owari satsuma orange, 1- Miho satsuma mandarin, 3-Fuyu persimmons, 6-Kiowa blackberry and 6-oachi blackberry. The Animals that we saw over the last 2 weeks on the farm were: 1-copperhead, 12+ carps in creek, greater sirens, 1-cotton mouth, 7 baby ducks, multiple deer, fawn, 2 red-tail hawks, black crane, land turtle, beaver, 3-foot alligator and raccoon. We do not harm the natural state of the animals on our farm.

Thats it for now, have a happy month,

EHO

This past couple of weeks we have been going through our annual CCOF
and USDA organic inspection which we passed again with flying colors.
We are still preparing the land for planting and have planted some
organic castor beans for castor oil production. We also planted male
fern root which we use as an anti-parasitic herb. We are also in the
process of researching a complete off the grid solar and wind power
system which we hope to have delivered and installed in the next month
or two. We have also been identifying and marking seasonal herbs and
trees growing naturally on the farm such as horesetail, mullein,
hawthorne berry, toothache tree, southernwood and sassafrass. We
harvested about 20 pounds of organic dewberries which were delicious.
We are also getting the supplies for setting up a few pyramid
greenhouses using quartz filled copper tubing and earthbags to
increase the energy and production yield when we start growing in
them. We just received more equipment for our herb drying and
processing room including a stainless steel herb grinder, far infrared
drying lamps and dehumidifiers.. Everything is going as planned and we
hope to soon offer some local tours of our facility.

Happy May to all!  We are so excited to have the opportunity to be on this site and be able to share what’s going on at the farm.  As of May 1^st we are slowly beginning to see some BLUEberries!  It truly is only a couple, but still very exciting to see! We are aiming to have berries by the middle of May but it’s up to Mother Nature and we will be patient in the mean time.

On another note, Jackie is currently in the hospital undergoing brain and spinal surgery.  We are very confident in the team of doctors caring for him and know if anyone can handle it, it’s Jackie!  We continue to ask for prayers of strength and a speedy recovery.

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