raining on first rotation day

First day of our prac rotations for 9 weeks and it's pouring! Great weather for ducks but not so good for gardening. Really excited to find out however that I've been placed with adam who is on the east team and takes care of pete's vege patch as well quite a few of the other sections of the gardens nearby.

Adam took me on a tour of the different sections and we met some of the other team members before walking though the vege patch where i had heaps of questions about his rotation system - something that  baffles me with all the different opinions and theories out there. I was pleased to find adam takes a very relaxed, instinctual view of the whole thing and said the only really important thing is to avoid the same plantings in successive years. There are other rules you can follow but sometimes it can be fun to try and bend the rules a bit and just experiment. Also very keen to build a hot compost and maybe finally learn how to compost successfully! Can't wait to get my hands dirty and build my knowledge in the weeks to come.....

To finish off the day we did the perfect wet day task of filing and sharpening some of the east team spades and shovels with a light sandpaper and linseed oil to the handles to finish off the TLC treatment. PPE for this task included gloves when filing and earmuffs when Adam was grinding. Was good fun to don the tools and grind some metal.

Adam in the patch.