What’s a bit of rain? Some of us got drenched as we began our planet walk and had to rush inside. Luckily we had decided to hold Ansley’s show in our back room. It was a little tight, but a lovely evening. Thank you all for going with the flow! I have a stock of her CD’s in the CSA store that are available by donation.

Starting at 6pm we will do a welcoming planet walk. You can walk the paths of the planets (from a Geo-centric perspective) to experience how plants express the connection between the heavens and the Earth.
At 7 Ansley Simpson will play songs and tell stories from her album “She Fell From the Sky” exploring the Anishinaabe creation story of Sky Woman. She will also be debuting some new material.
You can find her music at: https://ansleysimpson.bandcamp.com/ “Ansley Simpson is an award-winning Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from Toronto, and a member of Alderville FN. A weaver of haunting vocals and poetics, their songs unfold as stories, immersing the listener in vibrant imagery, journeying us through themes of vulnerably, love, and heartbreak.” 
She’ll be playing from our back porch with seating around our yard and camp fire. We’ll have marshmallows for roasting, cold herbal teas and Georgia will be selling her cookies.
We are limiting the numbers because of parking and the space in our backyard, so please let me know if you want to come by emailing saugeenrivercsa@gmail.com Suggested donation of $30 for the concert also gets you a copy of Ansley’s CD. Bring your own chair or blanket.

A few people were asking, and it’s a stormy afternoon, so I thought I’d share how the capital contributions are working this year. A capital expense is something (usually over $500) that provides a new direction (even in a small way) for how the farm operates. A couple of years ago this was the building of our movable chicken wagon that allows the chickens to move through the garden’s rest areas during the growing season.
This year the capital contributions are going towards mini hoop greenhouses for peppers and eggplant in the garden. I used to grow them as greenhouse crops. But after two years of late blight affecting the outside tomato crops, I realized I needed to grow more of the tomatoes under cover. Since tomatoes need height it made sense to move them all into the existing greenhouse space and put the eggplant and peppers (shorter plants) outside in mini hoops. Below is Simon and I setting them up early June. I don’t have an updated shot, but the plants are liking the extra protection.