We take a train to Ilan and then drive to Wenxian's farm 加留沙埔農場

Taking tickets on the train
woman on training doing sodoku puzzle
freight/cargo yard near Shijih
More land development
Shijih from the train
More Shijih and major waterway of watery area
Going out of Shijih toward Shuangxi
Shuangxi area
ripening rice in long cultivated fields
cultural and ecological boundaries
right before second rice harvest of year
large temple outside Yilan City

After a survey of the farm and harvest, we return to the homestead to prepare and eat lunch.

Arriving at Wenxian's farm
front of Wenxian's farmhouse
Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
multi-faith gathering of earth lovers
永浚夫妻的Perma寶寶小悅也來囉/ even perma-kids have come
文獻「凹」兩個寶貝女兒畫的農場平面分區/Wenxian gives overview of farm
玉華全副武裝，穿了雨鞋！Yuhua is fully prepared for work
介紹「加留沙埔」的由來
芭樂樹
好吃的花生！peanuts from the farm
介紹樸門原理之一：多層次栽種Wenxian introduces permaculture layering principle
Guava cultivation
pest control for Guava
water trough serves to draw water away from house
walk about before we start work

大家聽得很認真meeting in shady place for pre-work intro to tools

From an interview of Wenxian on Taiwan's Public Television Station, posted on friends' Chi-wen and Ji-ren's blog: 每一次來到這樣的地方，我都會一直浸淫在的久久感動裡面。人跟土地可以緊密地結合，能夠在土地和自然裡學到各種你需要的智慧。不只是農業，也不只是經濟，卻是聯結到我們整個的生活面，包括生態和生活教育以及整個人的身心靈發展都有非常大的幫助，也能夠把古代的、現代的、未來的都聯結在一塊，古代的智慧可以用在現在這個時空。

Wenxian in the Galangal 南薑 nan2jiang1
preparing to harvest bamboo for eating
when to harvest: soil just cracking where bamboo tip will emerge
Lovely sculpted area for meeting/resting
這是竹筍！bamboo tip ready for harvest
once barren area now broadscale farm fields of vegetables and herbs
broadscale permaculture
getting our work instructions
這裡原本一片平坦：山丘和水池都是人工與怪手營造出來的Wenxian explain earthworks/waterworks
truly a green oasis now
vegetables, herbs in front and orchard in back
artificial pond created for massive water retention
herbs growing here and there
毛豆，七月底要收成 green soybean (maodou) harvesting at end of July
How to tell when string green beans are ready for harvest
採收一些葫瓜與絲瓜 Loofa and other melon (eaten as vegetable)
永浚、怡萍、小悅一家人，與南瓜！Family and squash.
Collecting food for lunch.
Local sedge grass seed and pentacle pattern
Late harvest carrots
The power of carrot
Squash
food forest gardening
eggplant, beans, herbs
spent corn ready for mulching
這是什麼？


permaculture community farm laborers

一起來摘菜，準備午餐材料：茄子、長豆、生菜、牛蒡
Fay很開心
Huck也有農夫架勢

年輕人怡誠＆維茵舉起大牛蒡young couple harvest burdock
sunflowers dot the fields
native flora
different view of the water storage pond
neighbor's place
closer look at neighboring place
慈美老師發現牛蒡新功能：遮陽！（也算是一物多功能的樸門原理！）
cassava
baby washup 1
nice touch to otherwise ugly electric meter
local friend farmer
Peter and Tammy, trying to improve ventilation
gathering for lunch

hand-made products display
beautiful and useful basket decoration
cutting and chatting
大廚是玉華與淑芳 our cooks: shufan and yuhua
大功告成，辛苦了！（中間還有Peter準備火箭爐、Fay領軍一起煮麵.....但是煙霧太大沒有拍照）
美食上桌！香椿乾麵、生菜、茄子、南瓜、豆子、花生、絲瓜、竹筍、蘿蔔與鳳梨、還有Tammy帶來自種醃製甜菜根....
around the table
gathering around the table to eat
more singing
we all sing
finally, we eat
開動囉！
文獻妻子小葉子回來，補上美麗的蕃茄 lovely little tomatoes wrapped in elephant ear leaf

After lunch we return to the fields to harvest bamboo and peanuts.

下午體驗活動開始 afternnon event starts
林大哥和德川伯幫忙切西瓜
Huck Lin, and environmental educator visiting/working in Taiwan
review of work
Wenxian instructs
Getting ready to show the tools
解說完畢，準備動手囉！Overview finished time to get to work
Tool for potatoes or other small root crops.


Banana digging shovel
Banana shovel
Hunting bamboo tips to harvest
觀察哪裡有竹筍可以挖
土表面有這樣的裂痕，表示竹筍要冒出來了
瞧！切下來後，要把底部沾土，以鎖住裡面的水分
many tips to harvest
flowering bamboo that needs to be removed
the removal starts
這一區是太老的竹子，需要壯丁們協助徹底除根
a very laborious process
the pick comes out
second flowering bamboo to remove
others harvest bamboo tips
removal almost there
complete excavation necessary, no running roots can be left behind
雖然有的竹筍還不大，挖出來超有成就感！Ta 與Tammy合作愉快
阿立發現有找竹筍的天賦
力氣不後還是需要林大哥幫忙，老農果然經驗豐富。
又找到一棵！
竹筍寶寶
backbreaking work
辛苦挖出來的竹子根塊
Zach 覺得非常有趣，不但滿手竹筍，連頭上也冒出來了
淑芳：這比挖竹筍輕鬆多了！
原來整株花生長這樣
Fay很開心
秀珍：雙手並用更快喔！
永浚也來一張
怡誠和維茵也戰果豐碩
文獻來張獨照
葉大哥也加入
好棒！滿滿的花生！
該怎麼辦呢？
看出根部有豆科植物常見的根瘤菌嗎？
來把花生處理一下
peanut harvest ready for initial processing - removing the peanuts from the plants!
Ahli harvests bamboo
learning to use the bamboo slicer
peanut harvest production
peanut processing
processing almost complete
return to the farmhouse to clean up and ready for closing
final presentation by Wenxian
近拍作物圖
畫的真好！
景雲害羞不想鏡頭
fruits of labor
sharing healthy, organic vinegars and jams
final question and answer
appreciating the day and Wenxian's sharing
Wenxian sends everyone home with cleaned, steamed tasty peanuts
景雲歌聲很棒
song to the earth and our connection to life
大家下次見！Words by Steiner, the Waldorf education system founder
back on the road back to Taipei with Peter in his car
fields of ripe rice
urban agriculture
local farm tractor (rice paddy tiller)