I woke up feeling good on Saturday morning, and expecting my brother Nick for the evening. What do you do right before your house guest arrives, when you unexpectedly don’t have a migraine? Because my answer was, “go to the farm to plant broccoli seedlings and harvest curcurbits.” This was instead of my more typical, “scrub the toilet and sweep the cat hair out of the living room.” I joined Seth’s crew, along with a volunteer, an intern, and two work-for-shares. The process goes something like this: Use the tractor to form beds, then use the dibbler to dibble holes in the ground. Fertilize your seedlings by submerging them in fish fertilizer (not pictured because it looks as bad as it smells) then lay out a seedling at every hole you…
