the garden

i´d say the garden is about 6 acres total. outside of the garden is another 8-ish acres of farm land that surrounds juampa and ana´s place. our piece of land is includes the garden, wwoofer accommodations, and hangout area/whatever. and then the other 8 acres has alfalfa, feed corn, green house, pastures for the animals, and a composting area. between the 2 houses there are also 4 kittens and 2 dogs. so most of the work so far has been in and around the garden; weeding, spraying the veggies with bio-dymanic mixture, checking and picking off insects and such from plant leaves, loading and unloading the weeded weeds into a trailer, and then maybe some odds in ends jobs that ana or juampa need help with.

the veggies in the garden are: tomatoes, chili peppers, green peppers, zucchini, pumpkin-squash, egg plants, sweet corn, basil, strawberries, cauliflower, cucumbers, and asparagus. then surrounding the garden are a few pear, apple, plum trees, and then white grapes sort of hug our house and terrace type area. everything in the garden is fair game for wwoofer consumption.

chili peppers & green peppers

alon & amy weeding the sweet corn

the hours we work on a daily basis are flexible, as long as week reach the 6 hours a day, 6 days a week quota. since i´ve been here, we have all worked 8am to 2pm, which allows for a nice long afternoon to do whatever.