Newbie here/Jaylee

[Guest guest]

Nice to have you with us Jaylee. I want to come up there and pick fruits and

veggies. Your places sounds beautiful as well as bountiful.

Donna

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" Jaylee Barzo " <Violetsandlavender

 

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:12:59

 

Newbie here/Jaylee

 

 

Hi everyone,

I live on the south coast of Oregon--five

acres, angora buns (I spin their wool), free

range chickens, one golden retreiver and

lots of singing canaries--oh yeah, one cat.

I had ovarian cancer almost three years ago...actually something in me had

cancer, I

didn't. I started eating vegetarian after

the surgery. I cook rice/beans/noodles but

most of the time I eat everything raw--

because I prefer my food raw and I'm too

lazy to cook somedays, lol. Summer months

I'm in the flower and veggie garden so I

don't always feel like cooking.

At the old place (I've been here three years) I raised most of my veggies, had

three fruit orchards, lots of wild berries

here in Oregon. I enjoy making jams

and jellies.

My bottom line is I like to know where my

food comes from--when I grow it I know

where it comes from. My farm is organic--

no herbicides or pesticides. I don't rototil,

I strip mulch when preparing new garden

beds.

So I'm working on the veggie garden--raised beds, lots of compost--tomatoes

are in a green house that really heats up.

That's the only way to get them to ripen

when you live close to the coast.

I'm looking forward to reading your emails and recipes. I like to make bread

and homemade pasta. I bought a new book

last month on Artisan bread--yum.

 

Jaylee

Dragonfly Creek Farm

Oregon

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

LOL

 

This group is on steroids (on a veggie diet). I see some 60 odd posts

every morning. Wow. Keep it up people. I love it.

 

Vikas (half noob)

[Guest guest]

Hey Jaylee,

We live up in the mid-valley Oregon area on 33 acres of forest, hills, and

pasture. We have an orchard we put in 5 years ago, which just started bearing

fruit last summer, yay! We also have a large garden. I basically learn as I

go...like what is " strip mulching " ...is that something done in raised beds?

 

We have 6 alpaca boys and 1 guard llama...which we got last Sept. and I am going

to use for fiber to spin and knit/crochet. And their poop is great for the

garden! We also have free-range chickens, 1 Great Pyrenees/Maremma mix dog, and

2 cats.

 

I love making artisan breads as well...about a year ago I became very interested

in wild yeast sourdough because I wanted to know how I could create bread

without a bottle of commercial yeast. I bought The Bread Baker's Apprentice, by

Peter Reinhart. It's been a delicious experience creating those breads and

experimenting. My favorites are the ciabatta, which uses a preferment and some

commercial yeast, and the wild yeast sourdough when I add kalamata olives and

lots of garlic.

 

Cyndy

[Guest guest]

Welcome Jaylee. You sound like my kind of person. I try to fly out to

Oregon at least once every 2 years. In fact, I just booked a flight out

July 31rst. Love Oregon.....my favorite State (National Forrests,

Coastline, and mountains) all in one State. I usually start in Portland

and spread out from there.

 

At any rate, I'm just starting to look into raw food consumption. The more

I study it, the more I'm convinced the loss in nutrients we experience when

cooking foods. Also, I noticed we have a member named Carolyn who is

posting raw food recipes.

Thanks Carolyn....keep em coming.

 

rh

 

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