Working on this farm has been so much fun, but also a lot of work! I've really started to fit in with the family. I feel like the older sister. The think about farming is that there is always so much work to do. It's never over. Since everyone else is working all the time I work a lot of the time too.
Strawberries for market:
My main task has been turning this:
Into this:
And there are 6.5 rows total. I think I spent 6 hours yesterday on half a row. It's a daunting task, but there are only two rows left!
Ducks and chickens and geese oh my!
The view of the house from the raspberry fields:
A farm in Italy wouldn't be complete without it's very own ruin...
Market day!
Meet Margarita. She is the only survivor of her nest (litter?) due to terrible parenting. The duck who was sitting on the eggs wasn't even related to her (let's think of him as the crazy uncle), and in his excitement he stepped on four of her siblings and crushed them. We were able to rescue three eggs and Margarita. Unfortunately two of the eggs never hatched (they probably got too cold) and tw one that Elisa helped hatch ended up dying. Margarita got her name because of the little white flowers that she loves to eat. She is adorable and loves to chase after anything that moves. Elisa tried to put her back with her parents, and she followed them immediately, but they didn't want anything to do with her. Poor girl.
Disclaimer: Margarita may or may not be female.
Rose syrup:
One thing that Elisa does is that she makes elderflower syrup (with lemons in it) and this week we experimented with different flowers. The rose syrup was amazing.
Margarita really likes feet,
And when she gets cold she likes cuddling.
Other than that, Elisa is a really great cook, we've done some planting, I've learned all kinda of new things (from plants and animals to cleaning and cooking), and I'm having a really great time!
Laurel <3
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