The view from our lake house. nbd.
I am Anna, Katie’s name was Katie, and the family,
particularly Ellie, Sage, and Mary could never keep us straight, so they took
to calling us ‘Katie Nana’ (a character in Mary
Poppins). We had a new apprentice
arrive today named Annie, and I can only imagine the name confusion that will
ensue for the rest of the summer. This
morning I worked on some typical chores of watering the hoop houses, harvesting
cucumbers, green peppers, squash, and broccoli, and bug checking (the hornworms
on the tomato plants are HUGE – at 6” long and 1½” wide sometimes, they make
even me cringe a little to squish, with my foot of course). Ellie brought Annie back to the house at
1:30, and we settled her into Katie’s old room and I gave her a tour. Annie
is a petite 24-year-old with olive skin and dark hair who arrived in a straw
hat, worn jeans, and an air plant in her pocket that she takes wherever she
goes. I showed her around the house and
the farm, reciting my speech from Open Day Farm, the day before, when we
reached the lower fields. Annie prefers
to wake-up to the fresh air, so she hopes to eventually sleep in the teepee we
have behind the fields. Last summer,
Annie worked in a 2/3-acre CSA garden.
The reason why she’s doing an apprenticeship this summer is because she
wants to become comfortable with her skills in farming. Her father gave her some land on a mountain in
Dickson County , ME
We ended the day with feeding together, as Annie is
particularly interested in working with the animals. She rode my bike as I ran down to the camp
and we joined the family for pork chops, cooked broccoli, and grilled squash
for dinner. Much to Mary’s dismay, Gil
finally figured out how to turn on the tv, which has cable, so River Monsters, a show about a man
travelling the world to catch huge fish, played for most of the evening. Kenya and I finished North & South while giving each
other foot massages, and I’m crashing at 10:30.
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