placed on this earth to return to the earth

i truly believe that i was placed on this earth to return to it. and the more i practice slow growing, the more rooted i become in community, the environment.

Sunday morning, i get to the farm around 7:30 and manage several trips to the strawberry patch..back to the minivan...back to the patch...and so forth. the last back and forth involved a childrens red radio flyer wagon and a bale of hay. the patch is larger than i remembered...and i imagined the plot larger just denied its possibility until upon reality-the patch is generously large. i can work with that...what else to do..can back up. so what any montessorian would do--break up the plot into equal amount of squares. fill the inner squares with the 50 strawberry plants. so i trudge up to the half barn and grab some short 1x1s and trudge back down to the patch...waiting for me. i mark off two large equal squares with the stakes and begin with an edging shovel, outlining the raised bed. then, the hoe. then, the rake. then, the hoe..again. the plants are divided and planted among the two inner squares of the original rectangle. the plants are tucked away with straw...and i forgot the water. the wagon serves well, except when forced over overgrown grass and deep ruts. a truck would be a luxury at this point.

I head up and around to seek out the hiding fig trees. I find the first three. and then the other three are found hiding all the way behind the blackberry brambles.

pictures next time...and maybe a fixed mower...and some camping!