sadly my time at everdale has come to a close. yesterday i arrived back in Ottawa to organize my life and get things going. i feel pretty lost and heartbroken at the moment. i miss the farm and everyone there so much. my life in Ottawa is pretty ridiculous. i opened my closet and i have so many clothes. i have so much STUFF. i need to pare down to the basics.
with everything I've learnt this summer i feel pretty unstoppable. i feel like my dreams are achievable, i just need to figure out how to get from here to there. i want to have a small off grid strawbale cabin with solar/wind power. i want to grow all my own food. i want to bake and preserve. i want goats and chickens. i want a supportive network around me of like minded people without living on a commune.
people keep asking me if i intend to farm and a keep saying "no" because i just want to farm for myself but then i think about how ridiculously happy farming makes me and maybe i should farm for a living. humans aren't meant to work in an office doing menial tasks that have no direct results. as Cam, on of the everdale interns said, there is direct truth in the tasks we do as farmers. when vegetables are active so are we, weeding and harvesting. when they are dormant we curl up by the fire and plan for next season. if farming is in the cards for me than a proper internship is probably a good idea, otherwise I'm not sure.
stay tuned,
(farmer?) liz
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hay lizzy....
you don't need a lot of space to farm for yourself! sometimes i think that is would be so hard but in my head i think of farming as land as big as everdale. but everdale feeds a lot of people if you are just farming for yourself and a few others...you don't need much land. and you can think about maybe doing a small csa....you don't need a lot of land to do it but that way you can farm and be helping others....and you can do that in ottawa....stay close to the family and help others! and if your going to be doing it for yourself then way not put in alittle extra work and do alittle more! if you do decide to do an intership you should look for a place that has a really solid csa, that supplies food to a nice small local group of people....i think you would be wonderful at that!
anyways, i'm glad that you had a good time in the dale...it is life changing! look what it did for me!
much love, melissa
ps...i would love to brainstorm ideas with you and help you get from here to there!
pss...i started a blog....but i haven't done much to it!
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