a day on the farm

In Sheffield, Mass. we did work-for-stay at "The moon in the Pond" farm. work 8 hours and get 3 farm-made meals, a shower and a tent spot next to the pond. they had dairy cows, goats, large black pigs, chickens, geese, guinea hens and of course the farm dogs and rat-catching cats. the food was some of the best on the trail. the dinner consisted of all organic vegetables produced on the farm except for the neighbors cucumbers, delectable. joe and jason taking a couple of cows to be milked

harvesting potatoes, blue skin and katahdin's?!, which we got to cook up later on our travels.

weeding and mulching the onion beds with a southbound (SOBO) hiker Turtle took up most of our work time. a good break from hiking.

Jason (who apparently is a nephew of Eddie Brickell and now Paul Simon), Dominic (who runs the joint), and Ryan (apprentice who went to Sterling College with a couple of our americorps friends). Very cool pit stop!