Working like a farmer

I'm working like a farmer. There's nothing else to say.

My journey to this farm was extravagant and exactly what I needed. Then I pop out in Montana at 7 am with no sleep for two days and a long bus/train ride behind me and I hit the ground running. I've been working with out a day off now and it's 11 hour days with an hour lunch. None-the-less the work is very gratifying. Greenhouse transplanting, seeding, field work and clean up, farmers markets, and soon CSA deliveries. I'm tired. I'm sun burnt and I really want to explore the area. I'm seriously regretting not bringing my car or at least a good bike as the farm has ten parts bikes and not a single whole one. My boss Judy is constantly unsatisfied with how much we get done because there's so much more to do before summer. Spring was late this year and that's probably a big part of the problem, though past interns tell me it's always like this. I actually had a random bartender tell me that he's heard that it's particularly rough on Terrapin Farm. Something about my boss pushing to the bone and taking all she can get of our time. But it's not all that bad. The food is awesome and I eat lots. It's all organic and my lifestyle here is so sustainable and so easy. No complaints on that front. I just need a couple more hours to zone out and to sleep. Please send me cards and letters, I'd love to hear from the outside world. Maybe I am a city girl after all....

6505 Farm to Market Rd
Whitefish, MT 59937

Nat

I done grad-ja-ma-cated!

Like those before me and those to come after, I am now a fine recipient of a completed college degree. That's right folks. Natalie has graduated. And now I want more.

The more will begin here, on a journey to the 'Great White North', Whitefish Montana. I'm going to be a dental floss tycoon*.

In order to reach Montana I will be flying to Southern California, hitching a ride to Seattle and taking the next train straight to the farm. This journey includes National Parks, large cities, friends, and many relatives. Comment, email, send me a post card, anything people. I want to stay sane during my time in the middle of no where with a whole bunch of white people working long hours and long weeks. And with that I leave you. Quite literally.

Peace.
Natalie