looks like rain hmm

dumpster diving is illegal. so when people here go dumpster diving it is usually done at night when the store is closed. last night someone went diving and brought back a whole lot of food. so this morning a bunch of us went through it and separated what could be eaten by us, what should go to the chickens, what should go to the compost and what was trash. in the mix was chard, onions, cucumber, many different types of fruits likes oranges and apples and more. the apples might have a bruise and other things might look a little funny and what not but most of the food is fine. it all gets cleaned thoroughly by us. most grocery stores have a policy that if something falls on the floor it must be thrown out.ya know when your at the bulk food section and you see a bag of beans or rice or whatever that someone decided they didn't want, that gets thrown out. if you think dumpster diving for food is gross then you should think about all the pesticides and crap that go into most of our food nowadays. the fruits and veggies that you see in the store might look perfect but a lot of unnecessary work went into it. i read somewhere i forget where that the average american eats 2 pounds of pesticides throughout a year. gross.
a lot of the food that they get here is from whole foods and is organic.
this morning michelle and i planted 1 and a half beds of peas. the other half was planted yesterday. the planting was probably my most favorite part of the day. after that i broke a hammer trying to get a nail out of a piece of wood and then i did some maintenance on a crappy set of stairs. maybe I'll get a picture on sometime. michelle cleaned the trailer we're staying in and did a great job. there were dead bugs and other gunk in the sink. now i feel like i can hang out in here and not feel like i shouldn't touch anything. right now as i write this michelle is sowing my pants. what a great piece of woman.
also today eli ( one of the members of cric ) and I did some work on the roof of the shed. now it should be water proofed and ready for the tin or whatever they will put on. i missed dinner because i was working but i had cold leftover polenta which tasted really great. i've never had it cold but i like it alot.
michelle and i are probably going to stay here for a little bit more than a week before we go to another place to do a work exchange. so far we got in touch with a place in Boonville, CA called emerald earth. there is a good possibility we will go there. there is another place in northwestern Ca called Maitreya that we hope to go to but we would like to do a work exchange somewhere between here and there before we go.
the two of us have been together night and day for the past 2 weeks. we haven't been making each other crazy at all. nope not one bit. she has a high tolerance for my snoring and weird noises.
the rain just started. i wonder what the llamas are doing.

michelle is still sowing