Jennifer has sent in today's post:
Day one on the farm!
(In theory…)
First things first,
the best find of the day had to be the Sunshine!
From our start at 9.15
to when we left, the whole day was glorious sunshine. David’s comment was that
we were going back to the 14th century with regards to the current
weather situation, but today and the forecast is unusually optimistic and
seemingly with good cause.
The day started fairly
promptly with all 23 of us walking around the site being guided by David. After
picking our teams, we set to work on our two trenches, with Phillip and Peter
supervising us. De-turfing at some times felt more like moss collecting than
anything as the amount and volume of moss far exceeded the ratio of actual turf,
as did the number of roots which had to be ceremoniously cut with scissors.
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| Deturfing Structure 2 - Photo by Alan Williams |
The upper trench was
finished and ready to be photographed by the tea-break - and with ‘no takers’ to
take a trip the other trench we wandered around the site and watched the other
trench toiling away. But excellent homemade cakes waited for us in our tea
break.
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| Structure 2 - Photo by Alan Williams |
We finished in good
time and without incident. The walk back down the hill was somehow much easier
than the walk up in the morning and also with much brighter and clearer skies
than the low clouds of the morning.
In all, a good day's
digging and an excellent start to the next two weeks of soil and stones!
Jennifer Stearn
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