I also had the opportunity to drive around a bit with our boss and learn some pretty rad farm info, about what organic farming entails, pesticides, and good land stewardship. I am going to be compiling this info and more as the season progresses on my other blog, The Granedde Mini Farmer, and I'd love it if you'd like to check that out also. It will probably be a little more notey and dry, so as you wish! Here are this week's photos of the day!
Apr 30
May 1
Me and Elena Tuesday morning in our matching striped farming shirts in front of the Lilac bushes. Mine was two dollars, but she has me beat; hers was free. |
May 2
Jacob, Justin and Lucia on the cart, harvesting spinach for the chickens. We filled the three white bins on the wooden cart in about an hour. |
May 3
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Ken and Justin in the Demo Garden getting orders to go hoe the garlic field, featuring Blanco, the farm cat, operating the rototiller. |
May 4
Lucia's birthday was Saturday, on Cinco de Mayo. We celebrated a little during our lunch break on Friday with birthday cake (gluten free and vegan, of course!). |
Bonus Foto(s) of the Week
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View from a small after lunch nap Justin and I took under the Peacock Tree. |
Me and Lucia up to our necks in rhubarb on Friday. Okay, okay, not literally, we were sitting down. But still- we had just cut this field on Monday!! |
Looking forward to what May has to bring- I have a feeling it's a lot more bending over and planting, and probably at this point it's only going to get hotter. For a redhead, I surprisingly have a pretty good tan going already, though if my eyebrows could get any whiter, they'd probably be invisible (?)... Anyway, as always, thanks for following my daily account of our farm life!
XO,
Val
With redheads, it's difficult to tell the difference between suntan and sunburn. By the end of the summer, your hair color and skin color may be the same.
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