We've worked at "our" CSA now five times.  We planted celery, celeriac, broccoli and cauliflower in April.  Since mid-May we've been hoeing.  The night after we hoed the first time, I was so sore I could barely raise my arms.

It has been more difficult and more rewarding than I foresaw.

Challenges: Four hours is a very long time for SweetP to amuse herself, even if she's asleep for much of the time.  (I've started bringing the pack & play, and clipping a sheet to the top to keep out the bugs and the sun.)  We leave the house at 6:15, so I have to wake the kids us and have everything (including breakfast) in the car and ready to go before that.  Sunscreen.

Blessings: The kids love being with the other kids, and being outside for that time amongst bugs and mud and pigs (though the pigs are behind the fence).  Jerry, our farmer, is a lovely person, and I love talking to him and the other working members. 

We haven't even gotten any food yet, but I'm really enjoying the experience.

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