GFF goes visiting

On Wednesday we managed to get in 6+ hours of work before leaving in the morning to visit friends at Scattergood Farm in West Branch. Over the winter several vegetable farmer friends were commiserating about conference and meeting season ending so we would be without the great moral support for the year to come.

Several farms decided to do farm work swaps/social support days. Each month, beginning in June, we will travel to a different farm, help out for several hours, then have dinner. June is Scattergood Farm, July is GFF, August is Grinnell Heritage and September is Blue Gate. Great fun, good commiserating and some good work, complete with strawberry covered knees, was accomplished.

Andy contemplates a project.  hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.











Lots of contemplating going on.  I wonder if the red hat helps?












At one point, 9 people were picking strawberries, which then had to cleaned!  By this time, there was very little strawberry 'tasting' going on.  We suspect there was plenty of tasting during the picking phase.












 After working, it was time to relax and eat dinner.












Mark grilled for us. Yummy dinner options!