An Odd Week of Farm Work
This week of farm work included three days instead of two. Although our class beds are important, they only take up about one third of the farm, so we took Tuesday and about half of Wednesday to work on some class beds. The work was labeled as a "pop quiz," we were to weed in and around the beds, as well as lay straw around the plants. Wednesday was difficult as many of the workforce was missing for a field trip in economics. Nevertheless those remaining took to work maintaining the farm. I found my new favorite job, that being weed wacking using a grass whip. The grass whip is a long pole like object with a heavy flat serrated blade attached to the bottom. Using the grass whip involves swinging it from side to side repeatedly. With the daunting task of about three hundred square feet of dense weeds ahead of me and a partner, our use of the grass whip made the job easy. We cleared the weeds in about ten minutes, with ease. The swinging motion and cutting and fast removal of weeds was oddly satisfying, like shaving with a massive razor. We would continue weeding happily for about thirty minutes, clearing much of the farm area of tall weeds. At a certain point we became very tired, unable to swing the grass whips anymore we watered some beds until the end of the period. On Friday, the threat of a school shooting kept many of our class out of school, including myself. Although an odd week, the class was very efficient in preparing the class beds and maintaining the farm.
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