When we started the internship we kept hearing the farmers talk about “the summer season” when things go crazy on the farm. Back in April, Betsey would take us all out for coffee in the middle of the morning, or Brian would treat us to ice cream after lunch. “Don’t get to used to this,” [...]
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We did our first farmers’ market today! Lots of Bainbridge Islanders came out in the cold morning to support the opening day of the market. It was incredibly cool to see this from a new perspective: selling food that I’m proud of because I’ve had a part in growing it and harvesting it. Knowing exactly [...]
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Well, week 1 of farming is well underway and already I’m too busy to find time to blog I’ll upload pictures soon I promise! It has been a good first few days. Moved my stuff over here Sat with help from awesome Seattle friends and Betsey even treated us all to a little tasting at [...]
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Betsey took this awesome picture of me getting ready to attempt cultivating the garlic with Sam a couple weeks ago. That mid-March day was warm and sunny t-shirt weather. For my moving day tomorrow, it is shaping up to be 45 degrees and constant drizzle. Oh well! Working with Sam has been really fun. [...]
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