The Secret Garden

So here I am back at work.
When I first walked into el huerto I couldn't believe my eyes: it was so overgrown you could barely see where one bed ended and the other began! Our walkways are completely grass-covered, and the composts are sorry lumps in the back of our garden plot. It is incredibly beautiful in a rustic, wild jungle sort of way... I can get completely lost in the seven foot maiz y sorgo and the crotolaria has flowered its lovely and delicate yellow buds.
There is much work to do, but it's refreshing after a month of more or less doing nothing. I'm excited to get back into the swing of things, and we've recruited some new first years to do the "dirty-work" of weeding everything out and making it somewhat recognizable once again. My biointensivo colleagues sit around and watch the first years while they work, but that makes me feel uncomfortable playing overseer - plus I enjoy getting my hands in the dirt.
I feel like I'm in the Secret Garden ... discovering all sorts of new plants hiding in all the brush and overgrowth.