Goodbye fingernails! I just cut them off. Fingernails and dirt are no good...unless I want to start my own soil microcosm under there.
Today was all about potatoes. I spent the morning helping Yoko with her potato plants. We dug holes in a zig zag pattern, filled them with a little chicken manure, and sprinkled on a mix of different nutrients and minerals (I will be learning more about this part soon). We then threw several varieties of "mother" potatoes with several eyes on them. Apparently, the more eyes the mother potato has the more little potatolings are going to grow. The fewer the eyes the more likely you will get a couple big potatoes. The soil was very rocky in this area and I had to cart a couple wheelbarrow loads of rocks to a big pile in the back of the farm. This was tough! Oooo weeee! My back and hands were sure hurting. I can't wait till I am pass this stage.
After a delicious feast of a lunch, I helped Renae pick Yukon Gold and Fingerling potatoes to be sold at the market on Saturday. After a couple hours of that, Shiela, a very nice Chinese woman down the way came for the weekly Qigong session. Qigong (also known as Chikong) is kinda like tai chi...a very calming, meditative movement and stretching. Amazing!
In the words of little orphan Annie...I think I'm gonna like it here!
Today was all about potatoes. I spent the morning helping Yoko with her potato plants. We dug holes in a zig zag pattern, filled them with a little chicken manure, and sprinkled on a mix of different nutrients and minerals (I will be learning more about this part soon). We then threw several varieties of "mother" potatoes with several eyes on them. Apparently, the more eyes the mother potato has the more little potatolings are going to grow. The fewer the eyes the more likely you will get a couple big potatoes. The soil was very rocky in this area and I had to cart a couple wheelbarrow loads of rocks to a big pile in the back of the farm. This was tough! Oooo weeee! My back and hands were sure hurting. I can't wait till I am pass this stage.
After a delicious feast of a lunch, I helped Renae pick Yukon Gold and Fingerling potatoes to be sold at the market on Saturday. After a couple hours of that, Shiela, a very nice Chinese woman down the way came for the weekly Qigong session. Qigong (also known as Chikong) is kinda like tai chi...a very calming, meditative movement and stretching. Amazing!
In the words of little orphan Annie...I think I'm gonna like it here!
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