Life on the Farm

Yesterday was our first day at the farm, and I can now say that Meghan and I are the best carrot harvesters ever. Our day began by waking up in our little wooden house that is located on the farm itself in our bunkbeds. After a breakfast of oatmeal and tea (we were feeling very
farmlike), we hauled on our wellies, waterproof pants and jacket, and headed out. Una and Padrig are the couple we are working for, and Una began by showing us around the farm, including the polytunnels, crops, and pig pen. We thought we were only dealing with vegetables, but just
our luck, they acquired pigs about 4 weeks ago, and Meg and I now have the pleasure of helping feed them every morning. After feeding the pigs, we headed into the carrot patch, where we spent the next 5 hours
pulling carrots out of the ground and loading them into the tractor. There was a huge order to be shipped to Dublin today, and so yesterday we apparently harvested in a day what they normal do in two weeks. After the harvesting we had a quick lunch of organic vegetables and
then headed into the barn and bundled 250 bunches of carrots that had to weigh 1kg each. Needless to say, we were busy until about 7pm.

After quick showers in the bathroom that only has an entrance from the outside (which is starting to get annoying when we have to walk outside at 2am), we whipped up a dinner of more organic, had some tea and played cards, and then looked at our watch to see that it was
still only 9:30pm. We sat and stared at eachother for 15 more mintues,then decided it was more than acceptable to get into bed to read.Within half hour we were both completely passed out.

Because we had such a busy day yesterday, we were given the day off,and we have wandered into town to use the internet and check out theshops. Our legs and backs are pretty sore, but we are enjoying beingin the country as opposed to the dirtiness and craziness of Dublin. We
will try to blog again soon, as well as post some pictures to give asense of our current situation. Hope all is well with everyone, we miss you!