Splendid Good Time: Day 1

Happy voluntary tax compliance day!

Today was my first day on the new job and probably one of the strangest Modays ever. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that what I did for 8 hours today constituted work. I know the novelty will probably fade and days will probably not start at 9am in the future, but still...Maybe that's why the job only pays farm labor minimum wage (if you don't know what that is, it's $5.25/hr in Minnesota). My workmates are both returning for their second year on the farm and are super knowledgeable and nice to work with.

Today I filled 112 72 cell flats with soil and moved them into the green house. I learned how to seed, label, and water the flats. I planted: Paris White (romaine), white and purple kohlrabi, lettuce, and bright lights chard. Here are some pictures of the seeds because I've never seen them before. On one hand I think it's amazing so much will grow from something so ungodly small. On the other hand, why did seeds have to be so ungodly small?! Especially lettuce seeds which are flat, slender, and extremely difficult to work with.

Here are some pictures of the farm and house I'm staying in. Since I'm the first intern here, I have a whole three bedroom house to myself. However, I find it mildly depressing to take meals all alone. I'm the only person living on this 40 acre farm at the moment.

Here are some pictures of the green house. Sauna anyone? Since Minnesota decided it's going to skip spring and keep snowing until summer, the greenhouse is filled to capacity and we are trying to find ways to move older starts out so we can keep planting.