My Mom came out the Farm last weekend and spent Friday working with me. A day in the life of an Apprentice. We woke at 6:30am, had breakfast, prepared water buckets for harvesting flowers. As one of 5 "Cart" Managers, I led my fellow Apprentices through harvest: cutting flowers, harvesting produce, and making flower bouquets. Mom and I harvested Calendula, Nigella Exotica, Cloud Larkspur, Cerinthe, and Radicchio together. She made a couple beautiful bouquets and then we were off to help set up the farmstand. We sold produce and flowers at the farmstand from noon until 1:30pm, had lunch and then went back to the Down Garden to work. We pulled out flowers from an old bed, and prepared the bed for a new planting. Then, at 5:30pm, we stopped by the CSA pick-up to say hello and went back to Cart to pick up signs and clean up the farmstand. We finished cleaning up and bringing all our supplies to the Farm around 7pm. What a day! It was wonderful to have my Mom join me - she was such a hard worker. A nice glass of zinfandel and dinner at sunset was well deserved at the end of the day. Thanks Mom for a fabulous weekend!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Mom Visits the Farm!
My Mom came out the Farm last weekend and spent Friday working with me. A day in the life of an Apprentice. We woke at 6:30am, had breakfast, prepared water buckets for harvesting flowers. As one of 5 "Cart" Managers, I led my fellow Apprentices through harvest: cutting flowers, harvesting produce, and making flower bouquets. Mom and I harvested Calendula, Nigella Exotica, Cloud Larkspur, Cerinthe, and Radicchio together. She made a couple beautiful bouquets and then we were off to help set up the farmstand. We sold produce and flowers at the farmstand from noon until 1:30pm, had lunch and then went back to the Down Garden to work. We pulled out flowers from an old bed, and prepared the bed for a new planting. Then, at 5:30pm, we stopped by the CSA pick-up to say hello and went back to Cart to pick up signs and clean up the farmstand. We finished cleaning up and bringing all our supplies to the Farm around 7pm. What a day! It was wonderful to have my Mom join me - she was such a hard worker. A nice glass of zinfandel and dinner at sunset was well deserved at the end of the day. Thanks Mom for a fabulous weekend!
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Leah- Thanks for an awesome weekend. The farm is an amazing place. I learned alot about making flower bouquets to sell...very different than just picking flowers and putting them in a vase. Organic farming techniques are facinating and this weekend made me realize how little I know about sustainability. Of course the food cooked by the apprentices was fabulous, fresh and vegetarian. What could be better! Thanks for teaching me a great deal and for sharing your love of nurturing the earth and passion for growing... Love, Mom
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