Finally, it has rained! Oh has it rained. It started on Wednesday and continued all Thursday. It was a beautiful, gentle rain. There wasn't any washing away of plants and we got 2 1/2 inches! It was perfect. Praise God. Today it's been raining on and off and we're supposed to get rain on Tuesday. So we've gone from record drought to lots of rain. I guess when it rains it pours. :) ( sorry, i know that was awful but i couldn't resist.)
My partner in crime arrived this week with the rain (aka the other intern). Her name is Alexis Walker. She's in college on the east coast and is also exploring the possibility of becoming a farmer. She's very sweet and it's been nice to have someone to talk to in the field. Juan, our worker from mexico, and i are talking more. I'm becoming braver with my very small knowledge of spanish and with sign language. Farmer Dan and I talk too, but Alexis is a breath of fresh air.
Today I find myself fighting some sort of sickness. Yesterday we mulched the kale with moldy hay and didn't wear masks. Dan and I both found ourselves with fevers last night and i still have a tight chest. Needless to say we will make sure we wear masks next time. I have fears that now i've developed asthma or a lung infection. but in my more sane, less panicky moments, i think i'll be fine. i just need rest. I dragged myself into town to catch up on internet stuff.
So I'm starting to plan my own farm! When I was a student at HoneyRock we had an assignment to design our dream camp. Well, this week I found myself picking up a notebook and designing my dream farm. Does this mean I've made a decision that farming is for me? No, I wouldn't go that far, yet. We'll see what this season brings. That's why i'm at a farm, to see if this could be for me. Who knows what God's got planned. I'm trying to stick with one step at a time. It's kind of like working on a long row, either planting or weeding. I try to look at the end as little as possible. Otherwise it feels like i'll never get there. If I just concentrate on what's in front of me I find the end of the row comes so much faster, than when i'm constantly checking where the end is. So, we'll see where this row leads. Ok, deep philosophical thought for the blog is done. :)
one last thing, i'm at coffee shop in osceola, wi and "carry on my wayward son" is playing on the radio only it's not kansas singing. it's weirding me out. they're not bad, whoever it is, but they're not that good either. until next time!
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
planting planting planting
that's about all we did last week. i was either sitting on the transplanter setting plants in the field or crawling along the row and hand planting. most of the time i like it. but if i get hungry i get a little crabby. then i don't like anything. oh well.
this week i met someone who has been in antarctica 5 times. he worked down there about 5 months at a time for 5 seasons! amazing. he also has a degree in antarctic history. so interesting. he's a friend of farmer dan.
last night there was a small party at the farm. we baked pizzas in the old fashioned brick oven that's on the farm. it was so neat. we heated the oven over three hours. it took only 5 minutes to bake the pizzas. probably less. they were delicious too. i think hawaiian pizza is becoming one of my top favorite pizzas. i'm looking forward to baking bread in the oven.
let's see. i'll give you a list of what's been planted: potatoes (red and yukon gold), broccoli, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, bok choi, swiss chard (red and yellow), lettuce (romaine, red), carrots, peas, spinach, onions ( we're going to plant 20,000!), beets, dill, and fennel. i think that's everything that is planted in the fields so far. we've got a ton more planted in the green house.
i've definitely been more tired this week than the previous two. but i am still enjoying myself. i find myself with a lot of time to think. so now i'm wondering what should i think about? what if i don't think about the right stuff? what if i waste my time thinking of stupid things when i could be thinking about deep things? but then i tell myself to lighten up. i can't force being contemplative.
today i went to a draft horse demonstration in a nearby town. there were a lot of people there. i went on a wagon ride and then watched a bunch of teams plow a field. there were the giant draft breeds of clydsdales (think budweiser), and belgians. there were also smaller norwegian fjord horses. they are beautiful cream colored horses with a black strip in their manes and tails. they're about the size of a big pony. one man had 6 belgians hitched to his plow. it was fun to watch.
this week i met someone who has been in antarctica 5 times. he worked down there about 5 months at a time for 5 seasons! amazing. he also has a degree in antarctic history. so interesting. he's a friend of farmer dan.
last night there was a small party at the farm. we baked pizzas in the old fashioned brick oven that's on the farm. it was so neat. we heated the oven over three hours. it took only 5 minutes to bake the pizzas. probably less. they were delicious too. i think hawaiian pizza is becoming one of my top favorite pizzas. i'm looking forward to baking bread in the oven.
let's see. i'll give you a list of what's been planted: potatoes (red and yukon gold), broccoli, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, bok choi, swiss chard (red and yellow), lettuce (romaine, red), carrots, peas, spinach, onions ( we're going to plant 20,000!), beets, dill, and fennel. i think that's everything that is planted in the fields so far. we've got a ton more planted in the green house.
i've definitely been more tired this week than the previous two. but i am still enjoying myself. i find myself with a lot of time to think. so now i'm wondering what should i think about? what if i don't think about the right stuff? what if i waste my time thinking of stupid things when i could be thinking about deep things? but then i tell myself to lighten up. i can't force being contemplative.
today i went to a draft horse demonstration in a nearby town. there were a lot of people there. i went on a wagon ride and then watched a bunch of teams plow a field. there were the giant draft breeds of clydsdales (think budweiser), and belgians. there were also smaller norwegian fjord horses. they are beautiful cream colored horses with a black strip in their manes and tails. they're about the size of a big pony. one man had 6 belgians hitched to his plow. it was fun to watch.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)