my goodness!

Plants are in the ground!

While transplanting kale, collards and cabbage yesterday afternoon, it amazed me how much work went into the very simple act of getting plants to grow in the field. It was wonderful to see beds of plants, it felt like a tremendous amount of progress and like we've shifted gears into actually growing food.

That said, my body is aching for the first time since my apprenticeship began. I had been tired and worn out, but after an afternoon of bending over and transplanting, my legs and back are sore, sore, sore. After planting we also covered the plants with floating row cover to protect it from flea beetles and little beasts (voles in the greenhouse, woodchucks in the field.) The edges of the row cover has to be covered with dirt all the way around to not let creatures in, which meant ending the day with an hour and a half of shoveling.

I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend with lots of coffee and a bit of laundry.