Starting Seeds

This past week was a very busy one for the farm - the first of many busy weeks. On Friday I drove up to Spring Creek in Madison County to the venerable Let it Grow Organic Gardens, where Frank is graciously fostering my wee vegetables. Driving up his driveway, as I have done many times, I felt completely overcome. The first time I drove up that driveway was two februaries ago, with my friend Ginger. During that visit we helped Frank start seeds. Last February saw me driving up that driveway again, with Ginger, on a mission to kill a chicken. And this year I drove up alone, for the first time, to start the seeds for my own farm.

I don't remember exactly when the grilled cheese tradition began, but an important part of a visit to Frank's (or any trip involving some combination of Ginger, Frank and myself) is a grilled cheese sandwhich. The greasy kind with white bread and american cheese available at any diner of questionable sanitation. And so at the end of the day, Frank and I went to Grits (a diner that does not fall in the questionable sanitation category, this is the good kind where old school basketball jerseys and quilts cover the walls) and had our fill of grilled cheese, french fries, and of course, too much pie (strawberry rhubarb and coconut cream).

And that was just Friday! Here's some other important things that happened:

- I got official brochures for my Farm Share program, many thanks to Peter Boggs and American Speedy Printing!!

- I met with fellow farmers in the Foothills Family Farms Coop and am now an excited new member

- With help from my parents, the process of enclosing my south facing porch for sprout production has begun...

- My field has been turn plowed, and now smells of lovely dirt


That little bit of warm that came last week is reminding me that spring will come, and there is so much to be done. How exciting.