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.

Strawberry Fields

I am very excited that next week I'll be starting a work-share with Native Son Farm in Tupelo.  My friend Amanda, from work at the Montessori school, and her husband Will are the owners and founders of Native Son Farm.  They are Tupelo's only "certified naturally grown" farm.  They have a great CSA (community supported agriculture) program that Matt and I want to be a part of next year, but this year I will work on the farm in exchange for picking what I want each week.  I start on Tuesday and depending on how hectic it is, I'll try to take a few pictures to show.  Amanda showed me around the farm a few weeks ago and it is amazing how much they have done the two of them and with the help of a few people and WWOOFers.   Native Son Farm is also on facebook if you want to be updated with news of what's going on.