WWOOFing Week 2

Week 2 on ze farm:

Went to Easy Bean with Joey on Tuesday and had a great time harvesting veggies. We picked spinach & broccoli rabe, washed scallions, and helped pack boxes. This week's box had broccoli, kale, spinach, broccoli rabe, lettuce, bok choi, and scallions - delicious! We also met a lot of really cool people and got to experience first hand how a CSA works. We definitely look forward to going back again.

We also got our first experience with an electric fence as we set up the fence to train the hogs. Next week we'll be letting them out to graze and forage.


Scott learned how to use a chainsaw and cut up firewood for his homebrew boil (the homebrewing experience is separate post for another day). I rode the riding lawn mower around while Scott weedwacked like crazy and we were able to clear out a nice area for the turkeys, since we're about to start letting them out during the day. We also switched out their feeder and went to Montevideo to pick up their special-order feed.


And of course there was more fishing! We went to Green Lake (about an hour north) on Sunday and spent the day fishing for bass and sunnies (Happy Father's Day, Joey!) and everyone caught several fish - Azure and Aurelia especially were having a great day, as their respective Batman and Princess rods were the lucky poles, yet again. We came home with 6 small-mouth bass and about 15 sunnies, and while Scott and Joey bottled the beer, Jessi and I scaled and filleted the fish. We pan-fried them and had fish tacos with a raddish slaw - fantastic!

Looking forward to next week, when we have 100 baby chicks arriving!

Scott & Ashley