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| Sarah working on the compost |
Saturday was my first full day of farming in Moab. We started the day by harvesting carrots from
the fall. It was really fun! You just use a pitchfork (that’s right. . .I
use a pitchfork, which makes me feel like a real farmer!) to loosen the ground
around the carrots, then dig around in the dirt until you find them. We dug up two buckets full of carrots rather
quickly! Our next job was to weed the
over-wintered spinach and onions. I was
a little skittish at first because I was terrified of pulling up something I
thought was as weed and have it end up being an onion, but after some time in
the field and some help from Sarah, I got over it and got into a rhythm.
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| Carrots waiting to be washed |
After lunch we went back to finish turning the compost pile
we had started working on the day before.
The second day of working on the project was much more enjoyable since
the new pile started getting bigger than the old pile, which gave us hope that
we were actually making progress! We
also built up another compost pile with the straw that had been covering the
carrots (while also adding in leaves and manure). Our last task of the day was trimming and
washing the carrots. I got immense pleasure
in seeing the carrots go from being in the ground in the morning to being shiny,
clean, and ready to eat by the end of the day!
It is amazing to get to witness where your food comes from, and even
more incredible to get to play an active role in the process!
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