A day at the farm

Once again I find myself in a place where the day starts early.

early morning view over the Oaxaca valley

At 6am my alarm goes of and it is time to get up. It´s pitch black outside an all I can see is the lights from the city further down the valley. I head over to the outdoor kitchen and make myself some breakfast. Oatmeal porridge, a cup of tea and a good book is all it takes to cure me of my grumpy-morning-mood. And as I sit there, every mo
rning, looking out over the valley as the smallest hint of daylight starts appearing I realize that I actually like this time of day. Dawn is when everything starts over again and I think I like the thought of starting over again.

And then, an hour later, the work starts. Digging ditches, working the fields, cutting grass, making paths and harvesting honey from the agressive africanized bees they have at the farm, always making sure all the hard work gets done before the sun starts heating for real.

Around noon it´s time for lunch. Freshly coocked vegetables straight from the garden is enjoied in the shadows of the kitchen, away from the burning sun.

Some days we go out to the bees. I´m terrefied of bees, but dressed up in a space-suit-looking costume I went out there. The queen bee was moved, honey was harvested and braught back to the farm. I think it is the best honey I´ve ever tasted!

An afternoon nap is mandatory, a nice way to avoid the midday heat. When nap-time is over, I head out to the fields once again. It´s mostly planting and watering in the afternoon, not much hard work and that suits me very well.

And when the work is done for the day, I stit down with a cup of tea made of herbs from the garden and watch the mountains change color as the sun sets behind them. Every evening it looks different as the mountains turns different shades of blue, purple, orange or pink. And every evening is calm and quiet as the night slowly sinks in over the valley. I retire to my room after dinner to get a good nights sleep, because tomorrow is yet another early morning.