Looks Like a Farm

More often than not you get can get a lot done quickly on a farm with many good hands.  On a sharp morning last week a group of committed folks and I transplanted our first spring brassicae succession as well as some head lettuce.  

I wanted to get everything in before the sun got high and people dispersed, so we pushed for an early start.  I had made and marked the beds a few days before and we got started around 7:30am.  While bigger farms use machinery or tractor implements, we transplant everything by hand on our farm.  When you are in transplanting mode, it makes sense to keep the work flowing and efficient.  So, we had two people dropping the starts at the right spacing in front the rest of the folks on either side of a bed actually getting the plants in the dirt.  Once a flat is finished another needs to be started pretty quickly or the planters will catch the droppers and the lag in efficiency gets me feisty.  If you can keep the transplanting flow moving along everybody feels good and a fun energy takes over.  This is one of my favorite times on the farm.  Although this morning in particular was rather biting, so the energy really had to overcome numb fingers.

We farmed hard and got everything in the ground by noon, and all watered in by 3pm.  It felt good to see so many statuesque plants patch-worked in the ground ready to feast on Georgia soil.  Greatness.

TG

A Royal breeze bends

my blurry eyes toward the top.

Paint a day.

Your farmer, Jack Matthews