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Ode

July 28th, 2010
Coyote House Farm | Blog

Yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae)

Haikus 1-11

1.

Foreigner, you’re green

With a pale exotic gleam—

Like bleached army men.

2.

Blending with midday,

You’re betrayed by dawn and dusk,

Whereupon you gleam.

3.

Dry survivor, you

Dig your taproot down ten times

Your apparent height.

4.

All around you dies,

Parched, surrenders, yet you gleam,

Dull-bright, leather husked.

5.

You can tower up,

Unmolested reach my height,

Or mature bonsai.

6.

Wicked trickster gives

Up his purchase, root comes free,

Next week resurrects.

7.

Invasive means this:

I think I can root you out,

You know you can stay.

8.

Simple story here:

driving past, I catch you up.

Bring you with my truck.

9.

Skilled in density –

One square meter, eight hundred

Tiny little plants.

10.

Procreating king –

Imagine one million seeds

Sprinkling one acre.

11.

Eurasian native,

In Alameda nurtured first,

Now live where you wish.

Three farms are starting from scratch.

They are turning the dirt and hoping to be successful enough to turn a profit, and to become a valuable part of their communities as suppliers of organically grown food.

Peaceful Valley is giving them a head start by offering them special pricing as part of this Freshman Farmer program.

The Farm Blogs

Freshman:
New Farms Coming Soon!
Sophomores:
Daily Grace Farms
Crescent City, CA
Freestone Family Farm
Vernal, UT
Wise Moon Farm
Redding, CA
Graduates:
Coyote House Farm
Palermo, CA
DeepSeeded Community Farm
Arcata, CA
Driftwood Farm
Fort Bragg, CA
EarthDance Farm
St. Louis, MO
Ellwood Canyon Farms
Goleta, CA
Four Frog Farm
Penn Valley, CA
Hand Sown Homegrown Heritage Farm
Poulsbo, WA
Home Plate Organic Farm
Orleans, CA
Honey in the Heart Farm
Nevada City, CA
Willow Springs Farm
Penn Valley, CA

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Coyote House Farm
Palermo, CA
Daily Grace Farms
Crescent City, CA
DeepSeeded Community Farm
Arcata, CA
Driftwood Farm
Fort Bragg, CA
EarthDance Farm
St. Louis, MO
Ellwood Canyon Farms
Goleta, CA
Four Frog Farm
Penn Valley, CA
Freestone Family Farm
Vernal, UT
Hand Sown Homegrown Heritage Farm
Poulsbo, WA
Home Plate Organic Farm
Orleans, CA
Honey in the Heart Farm
Nevada City, CA
Willow Springs Farm
Penn Valley, CA
Wise Moon Farm
Redding, CA

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