I’ve returned from six weeks in California. It was a big deal to leave the farm for so long. As expected, there is a ton of work to do with pulling back weeds, restarting the compost cycle, and so forth. One pleasant surprise is that in my absence, the tea field exploded with growth:

From Tea

It’s so big and thick now that in some place i can barely walk down the rows! High time to do another round of pruning, and perhaps our very first harvest as well!