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.
May 20th, 2010