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.