It Has Begun!

It is finally time for Isaac to go to Yellow Springs and start his apprenticeship with Smaller Footprint Farm.  This is bittersweet as I will miss him very much until I see him on the weekends.  Despite missing Iz, I am really proud of him and happy that he is doing this!

We packed Iz up this morning, put his bike in the back of the truck and we were off.  We met Doug, one of the farmers, and he introduced us to Al, the man with whom Isaac will be staying with while in Yellow Springs.  Al is a very nice man who is a retired farmer.  He is also a veteran host as he told us that he has had people from China, Russia and Africa to name a few stay with him in the past.

 After we unloaded the bags, we followed Doug to the farm where he gave a tour.

The entrance:

View from the other side

Doug pointed out all of the beds that are growing vegetables for their CSA including, onions, Red Russian Kale, Kholrabi and Radishes to name a few.  We also saw the green houses/hoop house with tomato and other seedlings.

We then had the pleasure to meet the newest additions to the farm:

Pigs!

And they sure live up to their name when the eat!

We then took a stroll over to the chickens.  Here is one proud rooster!

The stylish coop.

See more chicken photos here.

I think Isaac is going to have a lot of fun even if working on the farm is going to be hard work!

After our tour of the farm, Iz and I decided to take a tour of the town. We have been to Yellow Springs before, but we wanted to spend as much of the day together.  Besides, we had never been to the famous Young's Dairy.  Every time we tell someone about Isaac working on a farm in Yellow Springs, they mention Young's.  So off we went. We had some yummy ice cream.

And met some super cute goats!

Again, please click here to see more photos.

It has been a busy and emotional day and there are many more days to come.  I think Isaac will post some entries in the future, I hope. We just have to make sure that he has access to wifi.  Thanks to everyone who has been so great to us. We really appreciate all of your support and encouragement!