I'm really feeling the transition from winter into spring this year. I'm on the verge of a pile of new and interesting stuff but most of it hasn't quite started yet. Ever since the Young Farmers Conference in December I've been itching to get out and play in the dirt but it's been cold and snowy and just not a time when the urban farms of Brooklyn need my enthusiastic volunteerism. But now the sun is out and it's in the 70s(!) and I have both short term and long term irons in the fire; schemes that are designed to hone skills, educate myself about my interests, build community, and establish cottage industries here at the Dacha. Among the projects that may be starting up in the next couple of months (in order of the likelihood that they'll actually happen):
-Farming at a school farm with BK Farmyards (this one's definite- starts next Saturday!)
-Making and selling wooden art on Etsy and at craft fairs (already in the works- visit my fledgling Etsy store here)
-Dancing in a Brooklyn-based super-fabulous parade troupe
-Baking 6 different loaves at an artisan bread class at the Culinary Institute
-Visiting small farms and farmers markets in some of the cities on the Future Farm Short-list
-Attending an evening dinner church that a college friend started
-Coordinating a CSA with a farm in Pennsylvania
-Participating in the proposal process for a nationwide school gardens initiative
-Identifying agriculture and food related 9-5 jobs that I might want in the future
-Farming in Red Hook,Governor's Island or Greenpoint
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