sky meadow ( part 6)

On December 27th ish we are driving down to Freeland Maryland to Heathcote Community. We will be work trading for room and board and might be making some extra money helping someone in their ceramic studio. Our plan is to spend about 2 months there. They said if everything goes well we can stay 3 months, maybe more.

There is a couple living at Sky Meadow, Aimee and John. For the first few weeks we were there they were away house sitting. John showed Michelle and I how to make tempeh. He split soy beans in a grain grinder and got off the husks by running water over them. Then he soaked them overnight. The next day he boiled them for 45 minutes, scraping off the stuff that floated to the top. Then he strained out the water and dumped the beans on a towel to dry them. After that he mixed them with a couple teaspoons of tempeh starter and a couple teaspoons of vinegar, then they went into a mould, he used glass trays. It then needs to sit in a warm place for about 24 hours.

Michelle and I have been going to the east Hardwick community gym almost every day. It is a real small gym in a basement. Usually when we go we only see 1 or 2 other people.
We have also been going to the weekly community lunch in Hardwick. This guy Robin who also works at the co-op started the community lunch 15 years ago and has been cooking there almost every week. They ask for a 1 dollar donation. They are supported by donations and local farms. On the flyer they have it says " a community that eats together stays together."