Camping next to the Chesapeake Bay is a very unique experience, especially when awakening to a snowy, late March Sunday. Gladly, this grim weather cleared up as we made our way to Clagett Farm for our second day of service.
Upon arrival we met up with Rob, the Assistant Farm Manager at Clagett Farm, who is the first step in a tree restoration project. Here we got to transfer baby trees from their packaging into individual pots with compost, organic fertilizer, and mulch. Compost usually isn’t the most glamorous of ingredients, but it was really interesting to learn that Clagett Farm makes all of their own compost. They use the Clivus Toilet system that takes human waster and turns for two years until it’s compost and ready to help grow all kinds of plants!
We had a very busy day of service, planting over 800 trees! After this long day of work, we got to enjoy a sweet potato chili made by some of our wonderful breakers. After this amazing dinner we enjoyed some sweet s’mores by a very satisfyingly warm fire.
Around this warm fire, we had some deep discussions about how and what we identify ourselves with. We got to learn a lot about each other and it was amazing to see how comfortable everyone was with sharing personal stories. Once this deep discussion was over, we all retreated to our tents with warm sleeping bags to prepare for our next day of hard work!
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