http://www.willowbasketmaker.com/2009/11/29/more-than-food/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.willowbasketmaker.com/2009/11/29/more-than-food/#comment-64 Steve Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:30:42 +0000 http://willowbasketmaker.com/?p=633#comment-64 Hi Lene. Thanks, as always for reading and comments. The upright bundles in the field photo are unsorted. I bundled the varieties with smaller amounts first to keep the labeling straight. Our more extensively planted varieties still on the ground in the photo also get tied in 'field run' bundles to dry. We sort for size a little later. We do the sorting outside using the common method of a barrel down in the ground. Then the sorted, sized bundles are stored in the barn. We're still learning. Hi Lene. Thanks, as always for reading and comments. The upright bundles in the field photo are unsorted. I bundled the varieties with smaller amounts first to keep the labeling straight. Our more extensively planted varieties still on the ground in the photo also get tied in ‘field run’ bundles to dry. We sort for size a little later. We do the sorting outside using the common method of a barrel down in the ground. Then the sorted, sized bundles are stored in the barn. We’re still learning.

]]> http://www.willowbasketmaker.com/2009/11/29/more-than-food/#comment-63 salix Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:40:38 +0000 http://willowbasketmaker.com/?p=633#comment-63 Thank you so much, Steve, for this informative post on a very important issue. Creating awareness is a slow process and unfortunately sometimes the message gets lost in our ever increasing load of useless information. Imports from less developed countries and so called "fair trade" imports is a HUGE topic touching not only transportation of goods (sometimes back AND forth to and from the other side of the World), but also questions about human rights, child labor, pollution and more. Great post!! Do you do all the sorting of the willow right there in the field? Or is it just the largest rods that you bundle? Thank you so much, Steve, for this informative post on a very important issue.
Creating awareness is a slow process and unfortunately sometimes the message gets lost in our ever increasing load of useless information.
Imports from less developed countries and so called “fair trade” imports is a HUGE topic touching not only transportation of goods (sometimes back AND forth to and from the other side of the World), but also questions about human rights, child labor, pollution and more.
Great post!!
Do you do all the sorting of the willow right there in the field? Or is it just the largest rods that you bundle?

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