From Capital Press -
BOISTFORT, Wash. — It may have been social media that brought the crop mob together, but it was dirty and sweaty work that kept the conversations flowing.
About a dozen volunteers descended on Justin McClane’s and Addie Candib’s Full Circle Farmstead, equipped with work gloves, shovels and the energy of youth.
Pulling weeds from around the blueberry plants was just the warm-up act. The big task at hand: Move a pile of compost from a garden to a pasture 100 yards away.
A free load of horse manure had turned out to contain a herbicide registered only for pasture and rangeland applications. The chemical survived the composting process and ended up damaging the farm’s fava bean, tomato and pepper plants.
As the group descended on the compost pile, Candib marveled: “I live in the middle of nowhere, but I feel more like I’m in the middle of a community than when I was in the city.”
