For the past month we have been wwoofing at Thus Far Farm here in Westminster, South Carolina. I have gotten the question “What is wwoofing?” a lot, so I thought I would go ahead and answer it to start with. WWOOF stands for World Wide Organization of Organic Farmers. There are wwoof farms all over the world and in many parts of the world people regularly visit wwoof farms as a type of vacation, taking a week out of their every day city life to work on a farm. When you wwoof, you agree to come and work on a farm in exchange for room and board. Most often this means that the farmer provides you with a room, access to a bathroom and some of your meals. This is a possibility here at Thus Farm Farm, as they have an amazing farm house with extra rooms available upstairs.
However, as we have brought our home with us, we stay in our RV and they provide us with a place to park as well as electricity and water hookup. Feeding a family of 5 is a steep order, but they do provide us with some food, including two dinners a week and many, many farm fresh eggs which we have used to make many delicious meals including these yummy baked eggs with a sautéed mushroom base and ricotta cheese. Super simple recipe, just sautee mushrooms with onions and place at the bottom of a greased muffin tin. Add cheeses and then crack and egg and bake for 15 minutes. Delicious!
The couple who runs Thus Far Farm, Mary and Bill McGinn, are amazing people who have encouraged my children to participate in many farm tasks, including letting our 3 year old help collecting eggs.
We are feeling very blessed to have this great opportunity here at Thus Far Farm. Good food, fresh air, nice people, what else can you ask for?
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