Living on a farm

I´m definitely making all my dreams from reading about kids on a farm come true...current whereabouts - on an organic farm north of Quito, volunteering for a while. We are growing (notice how I can say that after two days on the farm) broccoli, lima bean, cauliflower, radish, tomat d´arbol (see post below), mora (blackberries!) and about 40 other kinds of fruits and vegetables.

Yesterday I harvested spinach and lima bean, dug up and made a plant bed (compost spreading included) and then went on a vegetable & fruit selling trip in the back of a van to the neighboring towns, yelling ´Hortalisas Organicas´(organic vegetables) every once in a while. If anyone is wondering how it feels to transition from a suit in a client office to farm clothes in a pickup truck...it´s surreal and fun (and I don´t think it´s hit me completely as yet) but would suck if it rained, which it does most of the time here :P

Today was bed-digging and grub finding day - those were fed to the chickens. If anyone has ever thought hens are lazy just watch them go at slugs and grub for a revised opinion. Ooh...we also chased the new rooster that escaped from the coop with an interested audience in the form of a dog and a duck. Life is good!