We're here! This week's WWOOF is at Forever Yong Farm in Amado, AZ, owned by John and Yong Rueb. Brent and I will be here until March 7th.
So far, we've planted lots and lots of onions, and weeded an entire greenhouse. Today was our day off, so we drove a short loop around the area, and were back in time to seriously not do anything at all.
Some people have teased us about being migrant laborers, but honestly, planting onions is hard. Brent and I hurt in places that haven't hurt since the hike. Each little onion has to be planted individually, and we've done 10 rows, about 350 feet apiece. I don't even know how many onions that is. Lots. Unreasonable lots. Brent has a funny sunburn on his newly shaven head; you can see the strap of his ball cap on the back of his noggin, so now we're both trying to remember to put on sunscreen. During the day we share our digs with John's aged weimaraner, Gretchen, and at night with the only partially socialized cat, Salem. They have a stocked pond, 2 greenhouses, 3 hens, and a guinea hen. We don't have any good pictures so far, but we'll be sure to post again when we do!
kim
2 comments:
Wow!--it sounds like you guys are really working out. Somehow, I imagine the both of you stooping over, sticking each onion shot in the ground, taking a step forward, and repeating the process (much like those pictures of people planting rice by hand). Keep posting...
The Ruebs have a nice website.
hey guys. planting onions and being outside in Arizona sounds amazing! I'm glad to hear you are still WWOOFing and enjoying it. I'm in Thailand and loving it. Here is my blog: www.thai-jordan.blogspot.com
Take care.
Jordan
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