how
to
live?
Questions of quotidian domestic life are fundamental at Salmon Creek Farm. What are the local and global implications?
It can also be very sensual living this close to the seasons and the land...
It can also be very sensual living this close to the seasons and the land...
︎ ANIMALS: For many reasons SCF is strictly vegetarian. Many carnivorous visitors have found it to be a helpful place to experiment with a fully plant-based diet for the first time.
︎ FOOD: We eat with the seasons and aim to grow, forage, and preserve as much of our own food from the land as possible and invite everyone eating from the land to participate in that seasonal process.
︎ WASTE: We do not provide receptacles on the property and guests are responsible for their own ‘trash.’ We strive for zero waste, shop for minimal/no packaging, and compost zealously.
︎ HUMANURE: All cabins have cute outhouses with sawdust lined humanure buckets that are emptied regularly to nearby compost sites where it transforms into the richest soil on the land, and after a few years is spread around as mulch at established fruit trees.
︎ WATER: Our water is collected from a spring on the land where it is filtered and pumped to the top of the ridge where it is stored, treated, and gravity fed to all of the cabins and gardens.
︎ HEAT: To stay warm from October through April we burn wood sustainably harvested wood from the land which we chop and cure throughout the year.
︎ FURNISHINGS: Local thrift stores have been the source for most of the cabin furnishings, with a special focus on ‘natural’ materials like woods, canes, ceramics, cottons, wools, etc. and promoting the re-use of local materials and products that still have life.
︎ PLASTICS: Just no. But once you try to completely eliminate them from your life, you realize it’s virtually impossible these days.
As the climate is changing, we change, and as with everything, we do what we can, just trying to move with intention in the right direction...
As the climate is changing, we change, and as with everything, we do what we can, just trying to move with intention in the right direction...