And a farm is formed...

Saturday was the first work day at the land that is owned by the "Beaufort Open Land Trust" which will from now on be referred to as "the farm". David and I were very excited and took great care in preparing for this work day. Well David took great care and I mostly tagged along. We had an amazing turn out. Thanks to all of you who broke your backs and braved the hot sun (despite the 50 degree weather, the sun was hot) in order to help us build a community garden. We successfully built 6 raised beds and a huge compost bin (was I supposed to spell out the "6" there?). I personally spent most of the day shoveling. I have one thing to say about shoveling. Who invented the flat shovel? I mean really, I don't get it. I got ready to dig into the dirt and thud, all my net force applied rebounded back on me in a jarring, hurtful way. (When you're a scientist, you think about things like "net force".) The things don't work! If the idea is to dig, then the tool must be able to dig. Right? I braved my shovel inadequacies and worked my fingers to blisters and enjoyed every moment of it.

Thank you David for getting me out there. I don't always think of a morning spent sweating in 50 degree weather as fun, but Saturday was fun. Working along side people that I love made the experience much more enjoyable.

All of this reminiscing on the day is making my body ache all over again so I shall depart.

Until next harvest.