Life as an intern...

My name is Claire. I'm the intern that arrived on the farm last week. Peter, Maryellen, and I decided that perhaps hearing about the farm from the point of view of an intern might prove interesting and add a little more zest-i-ness(of which I have large amounts) to this blog. So here I am with my first contribution.

I'm not sure that I can adequately communicate how beautiful this place is...

I just ended my second week of work (Mimi has been here for three weeks now), and I have to say that I honestly can't get enough. Peter is an effective teacher who has taken Mimi and I under his wing, thoughtfully answering our numerous questions while showing us all the many details of what it means to be a small-scale veggie farmer in Vermont. It's been a hard two weeks of incredibly dirty work... and I LOVE it! But it can also be exhausting, so Mimi and I have claimed this section of the porch as our relaxation corner.

So, after a full day of discing one of the fields, covering the field in remay(see below), planting one of many many crops spanning from potatoes to onions(look below) to cucumbers to egg plant, or trellising the tomatoes(they're looking really great, take a look below), we can come here, grab a book, and take a breath.

(life under the remay)

(onions)