I've been really busy this past week and a half at the new farm we are at. It is a really strange transition between our last place and where we are today, as they are totally different in almost every way. The last farm was a CSA which is Community Supported Agriculture, and as I mentioned in a previous post, was SUPER community involved. The people around supported San Ysidro, and they in turn supported the people around them with awesome fresh + organic produce, eggs, and beef. A win-win situation, I would like to call it. The place we are at now is a homestead, which I am still trying to get the grasp of. In my opinion, its like a home... with a big garden... and chickens and goats. And bees.
But really, the difference I am seeing (or just feeling) is the community involvement part, as it is not a CSA. So, it is hard for me to see the worth in all I am doing, just because I haven't gotten a grip on where everything we work towards goes to. Oh well.
Anyways, the good stuff! First off there are two other wwoofers here for almost the exact same time frame as us - neat! They are super cool AND from New York. Badass.
Second, I have learned a few new skills SUCH AS:
- Chainsaw safety (I'm not the best... oh well)
- How to blanch vegetables
- More gardening tips
- A bit about beehives
- A bit about goats
- That strawberries grow best in straw... WHOA! (totally didn't connect that before)
- How to cook off the top of my head (in our neat little kitchen)
AND
- All about Cicadas.
Cicadas? What are those you might ask. WELL, they are super cool bugs, and the ones that are here right now come once every THIRTEEN years. Thats right. They lay underground, dormant, for thirteen years. Then they burrow up and through the ground over a three week period as beetles. After out of the ground, they climb onto something, slowly shed their outer shell, release their new-found wings, fly around, mate, and then die. Awesome.
Also, cicadas are also known as locusts, so I'm thinking that is where a lot of plague stories come from - cool onslaughts of these weird bugs.
Right now I can here their very loud mating song through the window. Its this eerie kind of noise that is constant and very present. I like it but I think it bothers the dogs!
I'll put up some pictures soon! Back to goat researching I go.
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HATE cicadas. They were EVERYWHERE in El Salvador, and they pee on you.
ReplyDeleteahahaha! I haven't had one pee on me, but it seems everyone else has. There are absolutely everywhere though, still, but the dog likes to eat them.
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