Pending Poles

So we've has some delays with the poles, but now they are being packed up on the trucks for delivery. They are handsome looking poles. The variability in size and appearance makes them look all the more natural to me. My back fields are going to look like an old cedar forest. Well the steel cables running between the tops might detract from that image a little.

My pole supplier sent these pictures to me.

Frustration

Not much has happened lately. I'm waiting on materials. Each time the scheduled day for delivery arrives for my poles, the guy who is supposed to be supplying them calls and says he's behind. He promises the beginning of next week. Not much to do until then.

Hand Pickin'

Today I went out to New Mission Organics at the top of Leelanau Peninsula. We hand picked about 3/4 of an acre of 1st year hops. With about 12 people it took 6 hours. Having a full 2 acres to do the same thing to next year, I think I'm going to have to streamline things and get more help. Even then it seems we'll be making a weekend or more out of it.

Finally, a name

It wasn't easy, but a name was finally chosen. Thanks in major part to my wife. The Chosen name is:

Fresh Roots Organics.

We like this because we feel the our organic methods of farming is a relatively new and fresh look on how mainstream agriculture is done, however it is deep rooted in how food has been produced for centuries. We feel like our methods are very healthy methods, which the term "fresh" brings to mind. It's kinda fun because it's an oxymoron. Fresh = new, roots = old tradition.

On a personal level we like the name because we have a new homestead that Sarah and I feel we are putting roots down into hopefully for many many years to come. So there it is: Fresh Roots Organics. If you like you can just say FRO. Let's hope I can take the name legally as a business.