At the farm!

Last Thursday we (Pat, Brenda, and I) spent the day at the farm (Ironwood Farm) harvesting. We arrived and met Karen and Kris and the other CSA members there to help. I noticed 2 horses were harnessed up began to wonder what the horses were for. Pretty soon, over comes Karen and Kris with the horses and a plow. What's up with this setup?!? One of our tasks was to dig potatoes. They decided to use the plow instead of handing us pitchforks. Yeah! It went really quick and worked great! Next step for us: find the potatoes and put them in the furrow to get picked up with the wheelbarrow...in the pouring rain. Kris and Karen kept saying we could go inside to get out of the rain, but we all knew the harvesting needed to be done "rain or shine" and had rain coats with us. At least we were looking down and not up!

After the potatoes, bean picking started...still in the pouring rain. By this time it was getting very muddy. We had milk crates to sit on since the bean plants were low to the ground. Not sure what kind of bean plants they were, but there were lots of beans to pick. It probably took five of us an hour to get them all. Following the beans we moved into shelter and did some sorting and packing. Then, lunch! Everyone brought a dish to share and Kris had made a stew. Everything was tasty and satisfying. After lunch we packed up the cars with the produce to take to the drop spots and then headed out.

Overall, it was a really fun day even though we got soaked in the rain. It was nice to see the farm and meet Kris and Karen and a few other members. Wish it was a little closer to home, but it also made for a fun little road trip.