Mike & Melissa's Side of the Story

Reader Contribution by Cam Mather
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Just before our HelpXers Mike & Melissa left for their next destination, they were kind enough to write a few words about their experience here at Sunflower Farm.

Guest Post by Mike & Melissa

Summer Out of the City

We just spent a wonderful week here on the Mather’s Sunflower Farm. After discovering them (and reading what they do here) on a work exchange website we rightly assumed there would be plenty to learn and discuss as we worked. While both of us expected to be impressed by the solar panels and wind turbine that keep the farm working off-the-grid, we didn’t realize how many different aspects of farming life in Canada we could experience in such a short time.

As city dwellers for the past few years, the only gardening we had attempted consisted of a couple of large, indoor tomato plants that (sadly) bore no fruit. Planting, weeding, and helping to care for the vegetable and fruit gardens proved to be much messier, but definitely (more) rewarding. By the end of the week, some of the seeds we had planted earlier were already sprouting!

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