cultivation joy

By Friday all but three were crossed off!  Luckily we have the
time right now in the season to focus on cultivation.  As the
season goes on, we spend more of our time harvesting and
prepping for markets, CSA, and wholesale.  The weeds
think it's pretty great.

Last week we busted out cultivation like it was our job.  Which, in actuality, it is, but anyway...  because it had been so rainy the week before, we'd gotten behind on the weed situation in multiple beds.  We spent some full days with our hoes in hand, moving from bed to bed with the promise of a fufilling 'check off' of our acomplishments on the cultivation board.  Our crew has lots of common ground and checking things off lists is definetely one of them.  At the end of the day we gather around excitedly to 'cross off' - a scene that makes me really happy because in those moments I see that we all share an enthusiasm and are invested in the work we do.

Just FYI....
On the cultivation list in the picture you will note some short hand.  'Q1' (2, 3, 4)  are beds in the four front quads of the farm.  'SD' stands for 'South Dakota' (beds to the south) and 'B40' are the 40 beds all the way out in the 'back'.  H.H. stands for 'Hand Hoe' (meaning the task requires a hand hoe), 'Timely' is code for a bed that has been planted within the past two weeks and needs it's first standup hoe job.  'Standup Hoe' is any bed that needs a second (or more) go with a standup hoe.  'QHW' is a 'Quick Hand Weed' and Weed Whack is not a code.  :)





Ashley checks out the weed sitch in the basil...lotsa smartweed

Check.
-Rachael