Saturday, May 24, 2008

My Sister, Jenny, cutting down the old rice in the flooded paddy so we can prepare a seedling bed to seed up new rice for the paddy behind her.
Debbie, Me, and Jenny all cutting down rice. This crop didn't do to well with the freeze so the heads didn't fill out and there was nothing to harvest.
Me germinating seeds in the seed bank. We test the germ on our seeds once a year so that we can know we are sending out seeds that germinate.

Out having a bit of fun, hiking in the everglades. Little did we know that massive herds of mosquitoes awaited us on that trail. We had bug spray but the little beast took no heed to the fact that we were drenched in it! Needless to say the actual hike was not so enjoyable.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Heather!!! It looks like you are having a great time and learning so much. Did you put Jenny to work while she's visiting or is she working there now, too? We miss you so much, so many changes here at Riley right now it's insane! Send us an email when you get a chance! xoxo mbm

Grands said...

It's a slow morning at Riley....we got to talking about you and your nice card(and photos). Thanks so much for sending them to us! We love checking out your blog. Very interesting. We have been having lots of rain here in Indy...good for our little garden plots! We miss you and think of you often (everyday at 3:30!)
lkrwekqot
PS I'm a Grandma!! A boy and a girl!!