My morning on the farm

This morning I worked at Native Son Farm.  Matt and I have been doing their work-share program for over a month.  We work about 4 hours a week and get a box of produce.  It is always more than enought to last us till the next week.  This week we got red leaf lettuce, cabbage, red potatos, basil, kale, carrots and tomatoes.  I've been illustrating what's in the shares on the farm's chalkboard.

Fresh picked strawberries and tomatoes.

This is some of the produce, getting set up to be packed into the CSA (community supported agriculture) shares.  

Picking strawberries is back-breaking work, but it's soo worth it.

These are two lone sunflowers that grew from last years crop.

Tomato and basil planted side by side.  One of my favorite combinations.

The structure in the background is called the hoop house.  The tomatoes and basil are housed in there.  It stays really warm and humid all the time.



Purple peppers growing.