Category: Life at Truck Patch
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Looking for the Weeds: Keeping Our Timeline Real
I know this is two posts in one day but I’ve had it up to somewhere around here 🫡 with the SSTP FB and Insta timeline being full of AI generated posts from “farms” and “gardens” and “prepper” targeted ads. The sexy ones are absolutely obnoxious but even the so-styled wholesome and pastoral posts push…
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Spreading Mulch, Building Sponge (Take Two): Our Paid Workday is Back On!
Well, river valley friends, the sky had other plans for us last weekend. If there’s one thing a garden teaches you pretty quickly, it’s that the weather runs the show. We can’t control that and I believe it was Marcus Aurelius who said, “Get over it, Bryan.” No? But the heat is still coming, our…
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Spreading Mulch, Building Sponge
Join Us for a Paid Workday This Saturday! If you’ve been wanting to see permaculture and food forest principles in action—or if you just want to spend a Saturday evening doing some grounded, community-focused work—we’d love to have you out at the Truck Patch. This Saturday, July 11th, we are hosting a hands-on community workday…
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Creating the Ideal Chicken Wonderland at SSTP Farm
This is part of this week’s chicken series. We’re dispensing a smidge of advice, but mostly swapping stories and gathering ideas. Join in and let us know your experiences in the comments below! Find the rest of Chicken Week at Facebook, Youtube and Instagram. Meredith and I have always wanted to create a Chicken Wonderland.…
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Remembering Desto: The Heartbeat of Truck Patch
A week ago Monday we lost the most important member of the Truck Patch team, Desto “Senior President Best Buddy.” If you have ever come to visit as a friend or as someone staying in the AirB&B you’ve met him. He was large, wiggly, incredibly happy, and impossible to miss. To us he was loyal, steadfast,…