Weekend = Workdays

When the farm is your second job, weekends mean workdays in the garden. This weekend is no different. Our goals for the next two days are:

• Transplant all the pepper plants (about 200 of them) into the high tunnels
• Plant as many potatoes as we have time to do
• Finish the track/footings on the movable high tunnels
• Transplant the tomato seedlings that will be sold in hanging baskets, about 60 of them
• Transplant the baby lettuce plants and seed in additional lettuce, and
• water, weed, and watch all the plants that are already outside

Throw into that schedule a dance rehearsal and recital, church, birthday celebration, and 4 trips to the hospital for IV treatments...and you have one heckuva crazy weekend. Having my parents up here  and friends to call on for help will make it actually feasible, definitely!

It may seem like a lot to do, but these chores don't feel like work.There is something intrinsically rewarding about starting plants; playing in the dirt; being outside on a sunny, 70-degree, low-wind day; and turning around at the end of the day and being able to see what you accomplished.

Weekend = Workdays