busy days, and a break

goat update: all the kids have been born, with the last 3 popping out last friday. that brings our total up to 26 kids (13 boys and 13 girls - guess there's something to be said for statistics) and 45 goats total. oy. anyone want a baby goat? 

things are really getting into the swing of . . . things, I guess, around here. days have been full, of transplanting and weeding and mucking and cooking and eating and learning.

a few days ago we transplanted hundreds of bright lights chard starts into the sadeh (our 4 field down on 126, a few blocks from camp). it was really cold and windy, in that I was wearing two hoods and a hat and multiple layers and moving quickly and not getting overheated at all. but we made it through and hopefully they're all happily drinking up the sunshine that's appeared today.

yesterday we finally finished what's been a monumental task over the past month - weeding the strawberries. there's been a vicious annual rye grass interspersed with them, as well as some thistles, which is why some people plant strawberries as an annual, as to avoid this weeding. there were four beds, as well as the paths, but we finally got it down (amidst some more vicious wind) so that's a relief.

I was working in the greenhouse the other day and one of the things I did, along with lauren, was thin some basil. it had been double-seeded, since the seed was old and ellie wasn't sure it would have a good germination, but it did, and almost every cell had two plants. so we thinned and had some really adorable and delicious baby basil to eat - local basil in connecticut in april! who woulda thought.

now I'm off to boston for the weekend, and the forecast is for warm weather and (partially) sunny skies. hooray for a 3 day weekend!

here's a picture of the sunset I spied as I was closing up the chickens the other night (of course the picture doesn't do it justice, but you get the idea).