Sunday we had the chance to help our friend John plant his cabbage. Early afternoon we headed out for John’s rented plot of land, which was about a 15-minute walk through one of the surrounding villages.
The 5 of us made our way through the village and happened upon an impressive collection of small farms at the bottom of a valley. 
We arrived at John’s plot and immediately got to work watering over 1,000 holes to prepare them for planting. 
Our process (as you can see in the pictures) entailed an assembly line, a healthy soaking in water that was somewhere between New Jersey tap and cesspool and a musical performance with selections ranging from national anthems to Disney songs (no one seemed interested in the Beastie Boys). 
Our watering was followed by a visit to John’s nursery where we plucked over 1,000 little cabbage seedlings and finally a return to John’s plot where we planted the seedlings one by one. 
Our day was certainly a lesson in what farming is like when your most advanced pieces of equipment are a hoe and a pail and your irrigation network consists of 4 westerners looking to help out a friend.
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