Aizhan and I picked spinach, then hoed and weeded the broccoli and the lettuce until lunch. Several out of town guests were at the house again, which was both exciting and exhausting. It was nice to have J and A back (they went away with some of the family members over the weekend, since they… Continue reading Salt

Today is rainy, meaning that we worked in the greenhouses. We all picked tomatoes, cleaned aphid poop off the tomatoes, and then Aizhan and I pruned the tomato plants. Meanwhile, Ellie and Angela washed lettuce with the Head Farmer. After lunch, Aizhan and I stacked wood until 3:45. We get to the wood to the… Continue reading Rainy day and a cow

It felt we had a babysitter today. Let me explain how odd this felt, considering that I’m a responsible 29 year old woman. In the morning, Ellie and I went out to do our morning chore of feeding and watering the chickens. Angela joined us to see what the chore was all about. At around… Continue reading Saturday off with animals and a sitter

This morning, we picked chard and kale for the customer orders for tomorrow. The farm family will be going to an event tomorrow so we wanted to get everything prepared today rather than saturday morning like we usually do. Ellie and I did a lot of the animal care throughout the morning; I feel like… Continue reading Wood, family and the lake

We all picked tomatoes for the first hour. It was incredible that we were able to do all three greenhouses that fast. Then I did work for the chickens and the pigs. I collected the eggs and fed the pigs with Ellie. I then hoed the brussel sprouts until lunchtime. After lunch, Ellie and I… Continue reading Tomatoes and wood

This morning, we picked spinach and then hoed between the some of the rows. Ellie and I practiced taking care of the chickens and the pigs. First thing in the morning, we went out to water and feed the chickens. At 9:30am, we collected the eggs and gave the pigs food and water. One of… Continue reading Wood pile

It’s Tuesday so that means that it’s a day off. We went to a yoga session at the Vienna Grange taught by one of the out of town guests especially for us! The yoga was like none I had practiced before. It’s philosophy was rooted in starting like a baby on one’s back, moving the… Continue reading Day off and chickens

We harvested spinach by hand most of the morning. At around 9am, Jo came to Ellie and I told us that he was planning to put us in charge of tending to the chickens and the pigs on Saturday morning, because he was going to be at an event off the farm. So he took… Continue reading Spinach, and chicken resposiblities

Comfrey is a wretched weed. The previous owners of the farm planted it, thinking it would be good for the cows. I wish they hadn’t. its roots are tuber like, and break easily from the body of the plant. This makes them like little zombies that never die. Because of this, they are incredibly difficult… Continue reading Comfrey

This morning, Aizhan and I were tasked with setting up and completing the last two brussel sprout rows. We laid out the plastic together, then I cut the plastic on offset 18 inch spacing while she hoed the other bed. Then we did a repeat with the second one. While I cut holes for the… Continue reading Gardening, what an honor