Posts Tagged ‘Vermont’
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 […]
Not for the Faint of Heart Take II
So the chickens are all in the freezer… it’s coming up on Thanksgiving… which means it’s time for Turkey Killing! I spent the last two days processing a total of 160 some turkeys. Since I worked almost all the parts at some time during the week, I can describe the whole process in some detail. […]
not for the faint of heart to read
Last Friday I had the interesting experience of helping with the poultry operation by… killing things. Well, actually I didn’t kill anything. Since there are so many birds here they hire some butchers to come in and take care of all the birds in one morning (about 100 birds). Those who are faint of heart […]
Something actually happened today besides petting the cat
Ok, for those of you who are getting bored with my long accounts of petting the cats and stuff, maybe starting to think a farmer’s life is pretty slow and boring, I have a real news story today! But first I just want to mention to all my extensive viewing audience that if you ever […]