After that conversation it was apparent to me that I had found a place to start. Mr. Chanterelles and his family graciously welcomed me to their home and out of the handful of times that I've been there I have always left with much more then I came. There have been many things that we have discussed. Politics, spirituality, and of course organic farming to name a few. However it seems sensible to talk about the reason I went there in the first place.
Mr. Chanterelles first showed me around his farm, or what he commonly refers to as his garden. According to him he is a gardener. He uses no machinery other then a tiller (which gets extremely little use) and a lawn mower to keep the grass from suffocating the good stuff. If you ask me I'd call it some hXc gardening. Mr. Chanterelles pours his heart and soul into his land and it certainly shows. He has a pear tree, strawberries, blueberries (delicious!), figs (also tasty), okra, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, onions, melon, green beans, plus variations of them and much more. Not to mention the other things grown which I have yet to recall. So it's a pretty big garden and a great place to learn.
2010
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