Earthworms and Cecataes

Okay, I know that's not how you spell Cicada. But I have a new little friend who spells it that way! My "landlord," Mike, had his niece stay with us this past weekend. She, her friend, and her friend's niece are on a road trip from Denver to Martha's Vineyard. They are very good cooks and love wine! We had steaks from a farm in Nebraska that they stayed at on Thursday night, and a delicious roast with sauteed red cabbage last night. Cecatae made some delicious salad dressing with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and mint and chamomile from the yard. It was wonderful being able to spend some time with interesting people! Now I know that if I ever want to spend time in Martha's Vineyard, I have a place to stay :) And who could pass that up??

Even though today was Sunday, Sharon and I worked almost 9 hours in the Children's Garden, getting it planted! That's okay though, because now I get Wednesday off and tomorrow shouldn't be a very long day. We planted beets, popcorn, sunflowers, kale, radishes, squash, cucumbers, and many other veggies and edible flowers! On Tuesday and Thursday this week, I will be working with two different incubator farms on the Prairie Crossing Farm property. Tuesday I will be working with Meg of Wild Goose Farm, and on Thursday I will be working with Alex and Allison of Radical Root Farm.


Today Sharon took me to ACE Hardware so I could get some potting soil to pot my plants that I got from the farm! So far I have planted tomatoes, kale, cilantro, parsley, purple basil, thai basil, and chamomile.

Ciao