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Phytophthora infestans!
24 July 2009 — Yesterday when Jenn did a final walk around of the farm, everthing looked healthy and in order. This morning while we were searching through the herbs for marjoram to fill an order, I looked over and commented “those tomatos don’t really look too good, I hope they don’t have the blight…”. […]
Sunday News
28 June 2009 This morning was the strawberry festival at one of the bigger farms in the area. We went early to pick (aka eat) for a while, then wandered around to enjoy the feeling of a summer fair: old tractors to gawk at, greenhouses full of fresh-smelling flowers, hippies and their hippie children, horse-drawn […]
I spent most of this morning on monotonous, difficult, and tiresome tasks. Added to that I wasn’t very enthusiastic about working today anyways… I am much more in the mood to curl up with a book today. Then about half-way through the morning, when I was feeling totally miserable and sorry for myself, I realized […]
A Day in the Life
Today was Brittany’s (one of the other interns) birthday. It was a little razy because we also had market this afternoon… but it was really fun and probably the first real bonding I felt with the other interns! Also I baked a cake which didn’t come out horribly and there was only one big moment […]
In Vermont
I have arrived at my new home in Vermont!!!! As you saw in the pictures, I spent a few days in Boston with my friend Maggie before coming here. We went to the Arnold Arboretum and wandered around downtown and ate a lot of yummy chinesse food at a yummy brunch place and generally had […]
Quick update
Hey y’all! I will write more later but just want to make a quick update for now. I am home right now but packing (trying to fit everything into a backpacking backpack is harder than I’d thought) to head out to Vermont! My stay at home has been lovely…. I’ve been enjoying the leaves coming […]
Trial Postage…
I am such a real person with a real domain name website…. News: I am house-sitting right now for the guy who does computer tech at the office, which means I am staying in the highest house on the Quill above town with a BEAUTIFUL view of all the lights and the northern hills and […]
Certified Open Water diver JVZ….
That’s right, you heard me, I have completed! my open water certification course and am now a registered DIVER! Basically how it goes is I read this horrifically cheesy and boring book about equiptment and rules and depths and blah blah blah but I actually read it all and paid attention don’t worry because….. then […]
US History you have never heard
Last week was Statia Days… a celebration of the island and, ironically, of their important part in the American Revolution. It was strange to be in a totally non-American country but still I basically felt like I was at some go America patriotic celebration. So here’s the history, more or less. During the early American […]
Thoughts on Statia
I have now been here on Statia for 3 weeks… one strange hurricane week but now 2 weeks of settling into a routine and getting to now the area — the plants and animals and the culture, and what I’m going to be doing here. We’ll start with my routine: I am working at the […]