the secret life

I know you imagine the baskets of fresh produce & us skipping through the rows, plucking a leaf here & there as the birds chirp.... (Queue Edelweiss)

Sometimes it's not very glamorous or romantic, this farming thing.... But it is an honorable way of living. ain it? Today I was weeding the spinach and realize how simple a thing that sounds like and yet, how important it is too. Such a simple task. But it can take all day. Spinach is a testy veg to harvest. Leaf by leaf. tedious some say. Much easier when it's weed-free. So we must. we must. Just try to find the zen.

You can see my fancy new 'tool' there in the foreground, The tines of the rake are adjustable to fit the width of the path between the rows. genius I tell ya! I like me tools I does.

Cheers!