Long Lost Blog

Alrighty then. Finally. Finally! A new post!
There's a lot to share, and I have several post topics lined up.

It was tough for the first couple weeks here. Acclimating to long hours of physical work takes some time. I feel like my strength and endurance are increasing. The time change helped, too. When I first got here, we were waking up before sunrise and working until sunset, racing to finish everything we'd started during the day. It's still dark when we wake up, but we finish work between 5 and 6, and we have some down time in the sun that we can use to decompress a little bit before we eat and head to bed.

There's a lot to do here. The farm is lovely, but it's been understaffed for long stretches. There are a number of tasks that find themselves designated as, "nice, but not urgent," and so they sit, waiting for somebody with the time and the inclination to get them going.

Here's a list of some of the things I'll be writing about in the near future; with at least one more coming this morning:

Tour of the Farm

The Animals

The Dogs

The Tractor

Farm Food and Wacky Cake

Building a Feeder

Moving the Compost

Digging the Fire Pit

The People on the Farm

Hunting Rats

Vinegar Keeps Mosquitos at Bay

Milking

Processing

Disbudding Goats

Egg Hunt

Upcoming Projects

These might not get written in the order listed, but I'll get to them all.

Farm life is quite something. So far, the internship has been more working and less learning, but as more interns arrive and more of the projects get done, we'll have much more time for the fun stuff.