This week was definitely a most awesome week for me, as I was given the chance to drive the tractor with the plastic layer for the majority of the week on our Pie Four Field! I worked with some incredible crews of our interns behind the tractor to help me get through it, and did not kill or maim anyone in the process. Except for a few muddy low spots, the field is done! I didn't get the tractor stuck, but there was one moment where I had to raise the trailer to get out of a really wet area and left behind a huge muddy hill under the plastic. We called it the Baby Dinosaur, but alas, our boss Isaac wouldn't let us keep it. The field is flat now and we are busy planting away! Here are our pics of the week.
May 20
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May 23
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Oh yeah! Richie's 23rd birthday. Here he is with the trench digging crew; Jacob, Elena, Lucia and Tanea behind him with their shovels. Gangsta. |
May 24
Gorgeous afternoon spent planting Taxi and Valley Girl Tomatoes east of the rhubarb. Katie and Isaac in the foreground, Alyssa, Tanea, Ian, Eric and Shaun in the background. |
May 25
Ian on the tractor seeding carrots, driven by Oscar. Our job was to make sure the seeder didn't get jammed or bogged down by rocks or debris. |
May 26
Elena with two of our great working CSA members, Claudia and Sherry, planting tomatoes. Thanks for volunteering your Saturday to help us out!! |
Bonus Foto(s)
Definitely a few great bonuses this week too good to pass up...
Alfalfa freshly baled on the way to harvesting some fresh spinach Thursday afternoon. |
Katie, our crew leader, planting some Valley Girls! |
And finally, when you have a week as great as this one was, who can resist a little breakdancing freeze to finish thing off right!
Thanks Katie for capturing this, and doing the tomato balancing! |
Have a great last week of May, and if you're interested in seeing our farm in more than just pictures, Grant Farms is having their Spring Farm Tour this upcoming weekend, June 2nd. Check out the deets at www.grantfarms.com!
XO,
Val
It's like electric bugaloo up there, but except for some street kids dancing to save their community center, it's a bunch a farm kids hoeing to get their tomatoes planted (damn it feels good to be a ganster).
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