I've been in Palmer, Alaska for almost two weeks now and I have spent the entire time either sleeping, cooking, eating, farming, reading, or washing my feet. We start farm work at 9am Monday through Friday and work all day until 5pm with a half-hour lunch break around 1pm. So far we have prepared raised beds, planted brassicas and herbs and flowers, done a ton of weeding, and shoveled a lot of compost. It is hard work, but it is a ton of fun. I get to sit in the fields all day and get dirt under my fingernails. Best ever.
I am living in a wall tent at the back of the farm. There is also a farm house that is a communal space for everyone that is living here for the summer. In the farm house there are showers, a kitchen, a computer lab, and a living room. There are 9 of us that are living here for the summer. 3 of us are farm interns, and then there are 4 Americorps workers, and two boyfriends of Americorps workers. It is fun to have a lot of people around and we all get along really well. There is so much going on here and it is easy to get caught up in it all. I will try to keep everyone updated about my summer through this blog!
