Saturday, June 4, 2011

Monkey's Bistro Now Open!!!!

Hello Hello Hello,
WOw! What an incredibly smoking hot day out here in the Nicola Valley! It was so dry today, that the bowl of unrefined coarse sea salt that I'd set out crystalized into chunks within a few hours! The air needed the moisture more than the salt!
Today was the grand opening of the fifth year of existence for Monkey in the Garden (this being our fourth year on the farm!). We're now open every Saturday and Sunday, from 10am to 7pm, until the end of September... We're also open tomorrow (Sunday).
What a busy life we lead. The gardens are going wonderfully this year thus far. We've been having great success with paper and cardboard mulching- avoiding the use of any digging or tilling or forking implements in our garden beds. The organic matter is improving greatly, the worms are happy, and the plants are all thriving. We've been feasting on fresh delectables from the gardens for two months now!
Life with Luna has been wonderous. We've been learning so much with our beautiful daughter. She's helped us to slow down our rhythms and breathe deeper. She's evolving as quickly as any of the plants in the gardens- delighting us constantly with with all of her wonderous ways.
It has been so rewarding to take the time to spend here as a family. All of our energies have been focussed on family and the farm- and wow! The whole place is radiating with energy.
We still haven't been too successful with travelling with Luna, aside from short trips to town to haul compost, hay, and fallen trees (for our fantastic new seating area up at the bistro!) and do water samples. Our one overnight trip, and single day trip have shown us that it'll be a while before we travel too far from the farm.
As this is turning out to be seemingly the most exciting year here on the farm, we hope to see you out here sometime to meet Luna and check out the gardens. The tomatoes are sizing up and zucchinis are fruiting... Broccollis are dancing and greens are feasting.
Happy Summertime Adventures,
Peace,
Michael, Brandie, Luna and Char Monkeys

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