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tented and ready
the tent guys were late getting here missing the turn to follow route 209 from interstate 40. all the way to max patch they went before turning around and asking around for how to find us. nice guys, full of energy and gusto. moved the tent around a couple of times to get it set [...]
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solar showers ahoy
we are getting some of the final touches on our farm and facilities. a solar shower is being made ready for the farm site, especially timed for the yoga retreat mado and meghan are bringing here this weekend. we are weed eating in all manner to make the place shine and glow. no one can [...]
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ASAP Farm Tour
Our first year on the ASAP Family Farm Tour went quite well. Fifty nine folks from around the region visited the farm over the weekend — many more than we expected given our off-the-beaten-track location. The two volunteers from ASAP were great. They greeted folks and picked berries for visitors to munch. Other munchables we [...]
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Open Heart Open House
Since picture tell more than words (and also because I’m pressed for time), below are some photos and even a short video from the Solstice retreat June 17-21. Sandra & Tom Curly stalks Dory David manning the sinks Marnie demonstrates Geometry of Nature Taking in the view from Max Patch View East from Max Patch [...]
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Family Farm Tour…
We hope you’ve got the ASAP Family Farm Tour penciled in on your calendars, your tour-passes purchased, and a tour path mapped out so that you can take in several of the fabulous farms on this year’s tour!! This is Sunswept’s first year on the tour and we’re really looking forward to participating!! We’ve got [...]
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Solstice Retreat…
All’s a-bustle on the farm these days, getting ready for our June events. We’ve hammered out a few more of the details and are already getting pretty excited about what’s to come. For the Open Heart Open House, we’re thinking that we’ll aim to have pot-luck feasting begin around 5pm on Thursday the 17th while [...]
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Sacred Geometry Field Trip
We were honored to have a visit today from students from Stone Mountain School. I had been told that this was a boarding school for troubled middle and high school boys. But if I hadn’t heard that spiel ahead of time, I would have sworn I was meeting seeing a group of boys from a [...]
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Community Momentum
As the waxing moon crosses bright night star jupiter, in the tropical sign of Aquarius, the community momentum is flowing in and out of sunswept farm. the people energy is coming together as is the nature neighbor hood as well, after a small bit of yoga by my bed in the morning before truely greeting [...]
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retreat afterglow