The hundreds of seeds I planted Wednesday started sprouting friday night! Arugula was the first, closely followed by Dino Kale, Pak Choy and collards have all popped up to say hello. ...
We’re heading to the farmer’s market tomorrow and today’s tasks were all about harvesting! I had only a couple hours of harvest work on roselles, green onions and pak choy. Aaron was on tree duty: avocados, tangerines, lemons, limes, tangelos, tangerines, cara cara oranges, grapefruit,...
After being waterlogged most of yesterday, we were very excited to see blue sky this morning. As we began prepping our breakfast at 7:30, a beautiful double rainbow appeared arching over the entire west side of the farm. For the past 3 days, if it...
We’ve had a range of mist, drizzle, outright downpours and lots of sun since arriving, but today started with a hefty hefty storm. The deluge began at 7:30a while we were eating breakfast and basically did not stop until 11-12. A couple giant cracks from...
We shaped 4 new beds today, got a full tour + orientation, and lastly planted 256 beet seedlings in half of one of those! We also had grapefruit, starfruit, tangelos, tangerines, avocados, green onions, cilantro, ginger and key lime as snacks, and with our meals. I also was...
We’ve picked up rumblings and rumors about Kauai in the past few months. The Garden Island is one of the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands (500 million years) which is the reason it has the most beaches, and the only island with rivers. The big...
Our final days in Denver really went off without a hitch. We got everything packed, stored and cleaned with time for a farewell dinner Sunday night before our 7a flight out this morning. With our balmy temps ranging from 75-85ºF - our clothes are all warm...
I’ve never rented a storage unit or even looked into one before a couple months ago. Aaron used to work next to an Extra Storage facility in Stapleton, and it seemed like a nice enough place that’s the first company I looked up when starting...
How did this all come together? We created our WWOOF and helpx profiles, chose what destinations we most wanted, a rough starting point (We chose Dec 1) and duration (3+ months). Spent a good deal of time researching hosts, specific neighborhoods, work types, property types....
As early as autumn 2019, we began making plans to spend 2021 abroad. It's been a decade-long goal of mine to return to Europe to live for roughly 12-18 months for the ability to cheaply travel within the continent - Prague was at the top...