Hey, I have to apologize for the lack of outstanding farm footage this week due to my acquiring of the illness going around last week. It was extremely effective in basically putting me in a coma for two days and out of the field, so I missed foto ops for Wednesday through Friday... In addition to that we had our first snow day on Thursday and two half days on Friday and Saturday where we began to disassemble Pie Four of all the twine and trellising. I can't believe it!! Monday was spent all day in the carrots and Tuesday and Wednesday were focused on harvesting as much broccoli as possible before the hard freeze. We also sent off some of our favorite people who have been with us for most, if not all, of the entire season. We'll miss you Ken, Luke, Emma and Ryan!! Cannot post all the inside jokes and laughs we've shared with you, the blog's not long enough. Here are the (few) pics of the week:
Oct 22
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| Rachel and Ryan bundling carrots on a sunny but cold Monday morning. |
Oct 23
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| Nate, looking cool on the broccoli harvester Tuesday afternoon. |
Oct 27
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| Sad to be taking down the trellising we worked so hard on all summer! Me, cutting and winding up twine and removing stakes in Pie Four on Saturday. |
Bonus Foto(s):
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| Rachel, cutting down trellising on snowy Saturday morning. |
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| Twine birdnests on top of stakes in Pie Four. I mean, it just felt so surreal to see the change in the season and our poor expired tomato plants cut down in the snow. |
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| Halloween and good luck send off for some of our favs! From left, Mitty, Joshua, Elena, Jacob, Ken, Luke, Abby, Arlo, Katie, Emma, Rachel, Val, Ryan, Eric, Chris and Tanea. |
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| Harvest sunset Monday night over the feed corn as we harvested potatoes. |
The blog had broken 8,000 hits, so I'd like to just take a quick moment to say thank you to those of you who follow or check in on us every once in a while. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be able say something like that when I started taking pictures at the start of the season... I didn't even know why I was doing it, other than to keep a record for myself of the season. It's made me feel great to know that family and friends and interns who've moved on to their next adventure follow our pics week to week. Thanks. I still have the remnants of the cold, but I'm back in the field. I promise to get all my days in next week. Until then...
XO,
Val
Many thanks Val for sending snippets of Wellington across the country each week. Looking forward to the "book" release!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 8000 hits to your blog. You've made it interesting and enjoyable to follow along on your weekly journey at Grant Farm!!!! Thank You!
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