La Granja Primera

Published by Derek under Personal on February 13, 2009

Nathan and I have arrived safe and sound on our first farm in Spain. The farm is located about 15km from Sevilla. It is made up of a very large family of about 10. The community is made up of children and there parents living in a large house while we renovate it and one other. There are four other small houses located on the property. One of them Nathan and I share. It doesn´t have running water, so we share with Robin our first contact with the farm.

As of now the farm doesn´t have any farming going. It is only concerned as of now with the construction and remodeling of homes. Nathan and I have been breaking down walls and picking up the various trash from all the deconstruction. Today we got to see them build a wall and make a doorway for the house that has been gutted. We learned a really neat trick today for calculating the levelness of two different location by using water in a tube. It´s a great method of measuring when you don´t have a level surface to work off of. Our work day is short only 6 hours which go by in a flash.

Tonight I think we´re going to make dinner… I don´t really want to cook, but Nathan seems excited. ´The accommodations are modest but more than we could ever ask for.

I think we´ll be going to stay on another farm very soon as we really want to learn more about farming.

Paz y Amor