Days here are flying by. My mornings start with delicious, farm-fresh eggs. Sometimes duck, sometimes chicken and I've even tried a turkey egg (BIG, speckled, with a thicker shell). I enjoy my egg sandwich (rich, deep-orange yolk running out onto my plate) with some tea and a magazine. I can't say enough about how wonderful it is to eat fresh greens straight out of the greenhouse and have these eggs from animals that I feed!
The sun rises so early and sets so late that I haven't seen the start in a while. Perhaps I would if I wasn't an old lady that goes to bed early.
On the farm my mornings usually start with feeding all the animals. After we either harvest microgreens for various orders, or plant things from seed or seedlings, or transplant things from smaller pots into bigger pots.
Its so nice to continue to work outside. Even though its definitely not as physically challenging as trail work was, I still get to be moving around all day, breathing crisp, fresh Montana air and get some sunlight. The weather here has been somewhat chilly, especially for someone coming from Texas. High 30's to mid-40's at night, warming up to barely 70 degrees during the day with a cold breeze. And so dry.
For our lunches we have a schedule, where each of us has a day that we make lunch for everyone. Monday Kyra made awesome pizza with flax-seed flour and pesto sauce. Yesterday Allison (the owner of the farm) made some awesome curry potatoes and veggies. Today Leslie went all out with Indian paddies made from fermented lentils and rice, with three different chutneys. Yeah, and I'm supposed to follow THAT up with something tomorrow.
After being finished at 2:30 we try to keep ourselves busy. Yesterday we went to a Farmer's Market in Livingston. Cute, historical town just an hour North of Yellowstone National Park. Since its early in the season there weren't many actual farmers there, but tons of bread-makers, jelly and jam-makers, craftsmen and etc. It was really busy for a small town.
Tried going running twice and got my butt kicked both times. Really discouraging, since I know I can do this distance and hills. But at least I get a great view while I'm at it, right?
My roommates and I all did yoga together the other night. Telling you, this house is awesome.
Been spending a lot of time being pretty critical of my social skills. Meeting so many new people in such a short period of time makes me hyper-aware of what I say and how I act. There have been so many times where I internally kick myself for saying something stupid or unnecessary. I think being quiet more often would do me some good.
My roommates are currently starting to brew their next batch of beer. I am watching intently. There is also a sweet book here called "Wild Fermentation", that has recipes for all kinds of stuff - yogurt, tempeh(!), miso, mead, beer, krauts and so much more. It even has a recipe for a fermented drink that we used to drink a lot in Russia, called kvass (and a recipe for an awesome summer soup that you can make out of it!). Its made out of dark bread and its so good! I will make sure to get my hands on that book once I'm all settled into a house and make some stuff.
I'm getting really excited about actually staying in one place for a while. I could actually have some plants, at least herbs in pots for the winter, I could experiment with fermentation and cook more. The schedule of doing trails doesn't really allow for any of that. So yeah, kombucha, yogurt, beer and sauerkraut here I come!
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