Week Three of Farming (Mr. Whiskers makes his entrance)!!

Wow! These weeks really slip by fast; I can't believe I only have 1 more left! This week continued to challenge me especially with the added difficulty of heat. However, I have good news to report on my goal of patience! As you may remember last Thursday consisted of some grueling leek planting. I was worried that this meant I wasn't growing my patience, but... on Friday we had to do the exact same thing and it went so so much better. Nearly 2 hours passed without me even noticing and I actually moderately enjoyed myself (as much as you can planting leeks)! Going into this week I was curious to see how Lyn and Juvencio dealt with the heat and what it meant for the plants. I happily surprised to realize that they too felt the heat as much as us and gave us lots of water/shade, and time in the walk-in cooler :). Also side note: never go in a greenhouse when its over 75 outside, they are literal saunas. In other news, we got to do some fun new vegetable harvesting, namely onions! Also a fun new goal that's emerged for me is my fear of bugs. I've had a longstanding hate for all bugs, but this work has forced me to deal with that. And I have to say, I'm showing marked improvement! I've had multiple spiders on me (something that previously would have really freaked me out) and have reacted quite calmly. And I even encountered TWO snakes without flinching!! Overall, this was a great week and I feel like I'm learning a ton about farm life and myself.

PS There's new cat that's appeared on the scene, MR. WHISKERS, who is giving Chang a run for her money in sweetness... I will try to snap a picture next week!


-- Pictures --

top left: me with one of Lyn's dogs, Fiora (aka Turtle) before our work on Thursday

middle bottom: Syd filling a flat with dirt, this is a lot of what we do daily. W usually fill about 30 of those!







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  1. MaureenJune 8, 2021 at 8:33 AM

    Spiders and snakes, oh my! Glad there are cats and dogs to even things out. I appreciate that you are thinking about the weather both in relation to people and to plants and considering how the whole system of the farm works together. I wonder how the increase in patience and the increase in tolerance for bugs relate to one another--is it simply a matter of increased exposure yielding greater patience, or are you also working on changing the way you react to these challenges?

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  2. pamplemousseJune 10, 2021 at 12:12 PM

    Nice job working on your patience, as well as your fear of bugs. Enjoy the last days of your senior project! Wendy

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