For those involved in the community you probably heard that the greenhouse is going to be flipped. The plan is to flip the ribs so that there is a steeper slope and snow falls off the plastic more. This will increase the useful life of the plastic. Well… The greenhouse reconstruction work has begun. After a few months of meetings, initial manual work, and problem solving, there are now daily work sessions in preparation for a big work days on Labour Day weekend. We welcome all in the community to come by and join in the fun. Many hands make light work. 
What a solstice!
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The party was a lot of fun! Merry company and great food and drink. I think everyone agreed.
Spontaneous Summer Solstice Celebration
There will be a solstice party at Dragonfly farm tomorrow, Wednesday, 20 June. The festivities will start around 4 p.m.; there will be a potluck dinner at 6 p.m.; and a fire all night. There’s a lot of excitement brewing about this gathering. Looking forward to celebrating the start of summer with you.
Chickens and crops
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Our Dragonfly family grows again. Two beautiful chickens were donated by Robin Hatton. To house them, we built a chicken tractor, which is a light-weight coop. This was a joy for me to work on because it involved many people … Continue reading
Pruning the orchard
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The trees in the orchard were pruned in an effort instigated by Sunday, and directed by Walter. Joe, Ray and Caroline were up from Toronto as well. Caroline, Emmerich and I went on a four-hour hike to look at Tiss’ … Continue reading
Seedy Saturday
Seedy Conversations
A Seedy Saturday was held in Maynooth last weekend. 
Seedy Saturdays are locally organized seed exchanges. Many thanks to the organizers, sponsors, presenters, and everyone who participated. Sunday came up from Toronto with Joe to do a worm workshop. Stephen and Clark attended (I was home with Emmerich, who was not feeling well). Stephen saw lots of (already) familiar and friendly faces and picked-up some bean and squash seeds. The food was a good as promised – Stephen and Clark enjoyed some excellent pizza and amazing chocolate avocado pie. Clark also very much enjoyed the complementary tricycle. The annual Cabin Fever party, which followed was a great success. There was a potluck competition and plenty of dancing. Vince, Karen, Andy, Brook, Stu, Leslie, Sunday and Joe attended and all accounts were good. Ray and Caroline arrived from Toronto for the last half-hour. I look forward to attending both next year.
Bees
I am currently halfway through a drive from Toronto to Dragonfly with bees! It is important to travel at night with bees to ensure they have flown in the hive when you move it as they return there after dark. So, I have this late night ahead. At least the bees seem good. Let’s hope the queen survives the trip – fingers crossed. Thanks for the truck Sunday!
Let the puns “bee”gin.
Bee well my friends. 🙂
Tree blood
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Oh the humanity of it all! It is that time of year again when the tree blood of maples is harvested and scarifies to the waffle gods are made.
The last DQ post… for now
The Daily Quotient (DQ) series of posts started a week ago. It doesn’t seem to be working for me or the public (based on comments and views). I was thinking of cancelling it for now, going back to the drawing board and starting again in the summer; and then this happened.
The lava lamp seems to have died for now. I fiddled with the plug and it made a bunch of noises, but no cigar. So goes the lava lamp, so goes DQ for now.
It is for the best. It needs work.
I will still be posting frequently and will focus on the three p’s: people, places, and politics. Each of these aspects seem to generate the most interest (for myself and the public).
Wringer washer
This was, at first, a wonderful addition to the house. But after a week, it seized. Argh. As far as tech goes, I read it is simple and robust, so maybe I can rebuilt it in the summer.