Officially Night One in the Wolves Den

This past Saturday I drove up to Noel and Danielle's house at Black River Organic Farm, then it was off to Circle Acres Farm in Siler City but first Noel had to dig out some earthworms for the compost pile at Circle Acres then he showed me how to layer right for the cold(I have my own ways but thanks Noel)and he let me borrow a scarf which I plan on returning the next time I see him. When we all finally got our ducks in a row and got into their van, we started the two and half hour drive to get to Siler City which was a very interesting trip between the adventure to Wal-Mart for a Itrip cause the radio is too much to bear and just listening to what Noel had to say. 

When we finally arrived at the farm, I got shown around the farm and the house which is going to be a big project but before I even knew it we were moving again to meet Trace at the Co-op for some delicious dinner and conversation(I was starving and cleaned my plate). Then it was off to the house to keep warm for the rest of the night with a beer for me and everyone else had cheesecake. It was good. The next morning I woke up tired cause borrowing Nick's 15 degree sleeping bag since 3 people and a heater in the Wolves den gets it pretty toasty anyways, but I woke up with Noel around 8 and went outside to chop some wood to heat up Trace's wood stove, we also saw some snow flurries it wasn't much. 

When we finally all got hungry enough we went to General Store Cafe to have some of the damn best brunch I have had in a long time, then it was off to ECO where Trace works its a distribution center for organic food around central NC it also house Piedmont Biofuels and an array of farmers. We then ventured on back to the homestead to try and figure out where to erect the greenhouse but it was hard to tell how much sun each potential spot would get cause it was super cloudy, then I just wondered around the rest of the time till it was time to say farewell if only for two weeks time I shall be living in a camper and enjoying the hell out of life for a extended period of time.

 

Tasting the fruits of my labor..

In late August Sarah and I visited my mom and step dad's vineyard to help them harvest their first year of Merlot grapes, it was suppose to be two days of picking but my step dad did not get the bird netting out in time so the crops yield was not as great as he had hoped. We only pick a little over a ton of grapes with the help of my brother, his friend and some guys that work on a farm nearby, Sarah cut her hand twice with the sharp pruning scissors once in the beginning of the day and then once more to end the day and I cut mine once. But all in all it was a great day of hard work in the fields and I cant wait till August to see what the second year's yield is going to be hopefully it will be in the 4 ton range.  Well during the holiday season the vineyard that my step dad sells the grapes too Westbend Vineyards put a holiday wine into production with the grapes that he had harvested stems and all,    my mom gave Sarah and I a bottle each of the wine even though Sarah does not drink she did serve it at the Soapbox employee New Years Party and everyone seemed to enjoy the wine except for Katie.

I thoroughly enjoyed that whole night but that is a whole different story.  I ended up drinking the other bottle of wine around Nick and Sarah last night after we went to see this horrible horror movie and it was delicious to the last drop especially with a little drop of hard work and blood from Sarah and I.  I look forward to doing again in August and maybe I will be able to get more than two bottles of wine out of it, Boy I love wine.

Well in 14 days I will be starting my apprenticeship at

 Circle Acres Farm, and of course I am waiting till exactly the last minute to get all of my eggs in the basket cause it seems to me that I have alot of important things to take care of before I leave and start this wonderful journey. Till then, wish me luck.                                                                                                                      Might have been my                                                                                                                               second glass but who's counting.