Well, Jimbo certainly threw a wrench in my posting yesterday. It was good seeing the guy, we had lots to catch upon. Anyway, writing this from the bus-- on its way to the city. So, on with it.
Full sun all day through. Temperature in the low 80Fs.
When I pulled up to the store this morning, the boss was in the van waiting for me-- all the boys were piled in back. I hopped in and we got off to the forest field. Stretch, NYU and Newport were on basil bunching/basil weeding duty. The trimmer was packed in the van-- my job was to clear out the travel aisles between the pepper rows. Got trimming. Finished up and gave the boys a hand with the basil-- after the weeding, we filled up 4 crates (25+ bunches each). Back to the store.
The boys hosed off the basil and soaked up some lettuce left in the cooler. I trimmed the fields around the store, getting things clean and pretty for CSA this afternoon. Finished up in time for lunch.
After lunch we got big orders-- pick all the string beans. Pulled a stack of buckets and walked down to the lower fields. Picking time. After 2 hours the boss called me over-- cut a bucket of zucchini from the new squash rows by the greenhouse. Then back to the beans. We picked straight through until closing (got 14 buckets worth, quite a catch). Payday-- then got veggies to bring Darlin in the city. Home then to the bus.
Whew, these past couple day posts have been pretty weak. I blame Jimbo, ehehe.
Asides: Viking brought in 2 kittens this week- she's giving them to Mouse and her sister. Viking has 5 cats already (her mother-in-law may or may not have 15), she needed someone to take 'em off her hands.
Lots of protests at the town center this week. People marching around with placards, yelling for jobs. NYU and I had a chat with the boss on this subject. Both NYU and the boss took the US credit downgrade very personally. But the boss's perspective is pretty blunt and grisly-- the economy will never be what it was, ever-- it was a lie. He is not optimistic. But then again, neither are NYU and I-- after the boss conversation, the two of us counted our farm blessings: we will always have a job with the boss (if/when we want it), no matter how nasty the rest of the country gets. I'm afraid a job like this might become more and more valuable in the years ahead. Then again, I'd be here doing this job whatever the political weather-- I guess the economic context just makes the icing sweeter. Oh hell, oh well.
This week was full of sweaty grunt work, but next week is the big goodbyes. NYU, Jockey, Rhode Island and Stretch are all headed back to school-- really only Newport, Viking, the foreman and me left. It's gonna be a big change and a lot more work-- probably a lot quieter/lonelier too. Got the help wanted sign up, we'll see if any good hands bite.
On to the city-- back with real business on Monday. Lot has change, lot is changing-- but Monday. Deal with it all on Monday.
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