

This plastic mesh fencing is great for many reasons including longevity/reusability, near invisibility, and the ability to be “stapled” to the ground against smaller critters. The summer vegetables have been mowed and plowed under to contribute to next year’s soil, leaving only our current rows of cool-weather crops. Our new one-acre enclosure feels spacious and tidy, quietly awaiting Spring planting.


Two weeks later, on November 10, our regular monthly workday concentrated on general clean-up around and inside the
storage container and tractor shed. Three loads of trash and recycling were sorted and hauled off thanks to the efforts of Nell, Paul, Hope, Lisa, Margret, Randy, Jeffry, Tara, Rick, 4 1/2-year-old John-Michael, and two visitors, Terry O’Keefe and Mary Johnston. By 5 o’clock the temperature had dropped into the low 40’s and we were more than ready to gather around a fire and share some yummy food. A special treat was wild mushroom soup, made from maitake mushrooms previously gathered right from our land!

By far the most notable and endearing event of the whole day happened that evening thanks to John-Michael, who had been dressed up as e. coli for Halloween.( Seriously!) He treated us to a rousing rendition of his character’s theme song, “I Am a Bacteria, My name is E. Coli!” Absolutely hysterical.

