{"id":200,"date":"2022-08-11T18:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/ilc-su22-dewitt\/?p=200"},"modified":"2022-09-11T17:48:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:48:40","slug":"week-7-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/ilc-su22-dewitt\/week-7-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7: So Much Calendula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learning Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A little bee that hitched a ride on my harvest bag!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Another week occupied primarily by calendula. We seem to have fallen into a new routine that fills three out of four of our weekly work days with calendula harvesting, which is luckily feeling a bit easier now that we have extra bins for transporting all of the calendula. Our Wednesday harvest was accompanied by a thunderstorm; rain dumped on our backs for around five minutes while we were in the field and it honestly felt so refreshing after the heat of the morning. I was actually thankful for the rainy work day, even if the rain didn’t last too long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wedging a crate of calendula into the front seat of my car<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The biggest change for this week was the fact that I am now the WWOOFer who has been at Moon Valley for the longest, the “farm expert” as my friends have begun to call me. This meant there were a lot of opportunities to teach new WWOOFers about the farm which felt very exciting; I do not get to be a leader too often, but I really enjoy it when I do. It also felt nice to have the farm managers acknowledge my skill and trust me with passing everything on to the new WWOOFers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mess after an evening of making pesto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A big highlight of the week was the giant pesto-making party that the owners of Moon Valley threw with a bunch of their friends. Tables were set up in the outdoor kitchen and a giant assembly line was soon churning out batch after batch of fresh pesto, it was chaotic but also really fun. My friends and I were in charge of taste testing, sealing, and labeling the bags of pesto. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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