Required clothing and books

The outline below is courtesy of Kate and Eric Helt.

All of the farm work clothing items below are carried by Tractor Supply (TSC) on Coshocton Road.  Of all these items, good work shoes, a heavy jacket, and lined leather gloves will be the most essential.  If you have high tech hiking and camping clothing, of the Patagonia genre, you can try it out.  It will get dirty.  You don't need to buy anything before coming to the farm, so you will have a chance to look at what we have.  Also, we have catalogs for all kinds of work clothing.

What you will need:

• Heavy work shoes, like good hiking shoes are fine.  If you buy new leather boots get them with steel toes.
• Rubber boots - We wear rubber boots when it is real wet, but suggest students wait until they get to the farm to see if they are really needed, i.e., if you are working in the afternoon, rubber boots are less of a need.At the Helts, we also have some extra boots in a few men/women's sizes. ..just depends on what "fits" whom.
• Light and heavy work clothes -- any old stuff that you don't mind getting dirty -- long and short.  This time of year we usually start in layers and peel off as the day grows warmer. 
• Rain gear. . . we try to avoid it, but sometimes can't. 
• Work jackets - We wear Carhart brand winter weight jackets with built in hoods.  If you are going to buy one item this is the one.
  We also wear Carhart (or other brand) insulated overall pants with suspenders built in. 
• Sunglasses -- some days in the fall we really need them.
• Work gloves -- At the Helts we have cotton gloves for you to use, but not insulated gloves.  You will need insulated leather gloves in the cold weather.  Ski gloves will work - just know they will probably be ruined.  At the Helts we have a catalog with gloves at a good price.
• Long underwear tops and bottoms.
• Warm hat that covers your ears. 

Books to purchase:

• "Seeds of Deception" by Jeffrey M. Smith (foreword by Frances Moore Lappe) - the Bookstore has order this and we will let you know when it is available.