June 22

Woke up early and got to work preparing layered beds to plant Aaron's seedlings. I shoveled a lot of chicken manure, dug in compost pile, nitrogen fixers and touched things I'm not used to touching (fungi, huge spiders, ants, decaying matter of all sorts. I learned about manure tea--not so sweet smelling. Ethan's favorite job so far was to cut down green matter with a machete. He was so happy to chop trees and large leaves.

We swam again in the river. It's so refreshing! I love having the water pounding on my body in the falls close to the house. The boys love climbing and jumping off the rocks.

Only a light sprinkle of rain today.

The other women volunteers and I made the tastiest empanadas today. We made veggie and cheese filled as well as meat, veggie and cheese. I will definitely continue to make those when we get home. The boys loved them too.

I know the blogs are getting shorter, and that's because we are really getting into the swing of things.