Greg planted a sunflower patch, choosing a variety known to make good oil seeds. He has an oil press and plans to try and make a one year supply of sunflower oil this fall. We all think the patch of flowers looks nice, too.

New Construction

We've been working on a new building at White Hawk! It's a bus shelter-farmstand-internet shed. This multi-use building sits at the entrance to our land, right at the corner of White Hawk Lane and 96B. Our site plan calls for a bus shelter in that location, and some members creatively designed some extra features, like a fold-down shelf and operable windows, allowing it to be used as a small farm stand, too. Internet shed? Since laying cable for internet would be costly at this point, we've designed a method for getting high-speed internet delivered to our farm stand (as a business connection). Then, using some clever wireless technology, we can send the signal to the houses, and enjoy! The plan requires a pole and some electricity near the parking lot, so we also added our first streetlight to the overall design. The building is about half done now, and should be finished in a couple more weeks.

As for the camouflage... well, we're waiting and seeing. We were able to get the wood at a great price.

Well, the summer tour season is over for White Hawk, but visitors are still welcome and we encourage to to visit! We held four open house events this summer, and had a lot of fun meeting new people. We had visitors from far and near, as well as curious neighbors that we were happy to show around. We had fun with snacks, live music, and we even premiered our walking trail. If you missed out, please contact us at info@whitehawk.org to arrange a private tour.