Watch this Thursday at 7:00 pm and next Tuesday at 3:30 pm on Nevada County Television (Channel 11), or simulcast on the internet.

by Janaia Donaldson

Take a tour, accompanied by curious sheep, of Mark Cooper’s self-sufficient small farm in Rough and Ready. Over several years, he transformed a rundown house and hillsides covered with berry brambles into pasture and gardens where he produces and preserves most of his family’s food.

Visit the Goose Grotto in a constructed pond, a heritage fruit tree orchard, oak logs producing shiitake mushrooms, and a cheap-and-easy container kitchen garden. All with the basic how-to’s for producing this abundance.

Mark gives us a closeup tour of the solar dehydrator he constructed from salvaged materials, along with his tips on food drying. He has husbanded up to fifty animals at a time, including two Tibetan yaks! This farmstead in Rough and Ready lives up to its name — and is a testament to hard work, wide-ranging construction skills, and love. (Peak Moment episode 168).

The program airs Thursday March 11 at 7:00 pm and Tuesday March 16 at 3:30 pm on comcast channel 11, Suddenlink channel 16 or simulcast live at www.nevadacountytv.org. The program will be on the Peak Moment website in about a month.

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