Watering Tons

Many hot days with no clouds in the sky. At first there was perfect tanning weather with just a couple of sun screen applications a day but now it has become unbearable. Took a freezing shower this evening to cool some of the burns. Anyway here's a recap of the week:
Monday: Didn't start the day right today. Just had a couple sips of water, then a mug of coffee and then forgot to bring my water bottle with me and went through much of the day dehydrated. I spent the whole work day sowing seeds and watering plants. Took a shower at 4:30 and then finished my line of seeds to make up for stopping half an hour early. Had rice with mushrooms and coconut flour stirred in for dinner and cheese, lettuc, and chutney sandwiches for lunch. Only three volunteers here now so we all went to our tents around 9 or so.
Tuesday: Another hot cloudless day with tons of watering plants. I even took the time to carry loads of water from the tap across the field to the trough by the polytunnel. Biked at 4:30 to water the house garden. Had yesterday's rice for lunch and a good cathartic chat. This evening, we had a hard time recognizing Graham without his cap and suspenders. He had on short and a t-shirt. I took care of the chickens for the first time today. I let them out at 7 since no one was about, and then at 8:45, I asked someone to hang about the camp to keep watch for a brazen fox while I went to water plants.
Wednesday: Woke up feeling drugged this morning.the other 2 volunteers got up @ 8:30, just half an hour til our work day starts. Again spent most of the day watering plants. Only got 6 or 7 cauliflower in the ground with 'x' shaped slits in the ground. I tested out coconut oil as a sunscreen but it turns out to be pretty risky for long, cloudless days in the sun. I was tanning fairly well on my arms and legs but my neck just can't take any more. Kept it covered with a wet, chilled handkerchief. Learned how to do an important task with the water pipes so I can fill the IBC on top of the container. After a dinner with loads of potato wedges, a new French woman arrived.
Thursday: I started my day with a trip to the caravan park to switch out some ice blocks for our cooler bag and noticed a large bag of groceries. After watering all the plants again, I came back and carried it the 10 or q5 minutes to the field.
With last night's new arrival and two community volunteers, we put out a bed of onions, a bed of khol robby, and several meters of cauliflower. So now, we are out of leeks (alternated with broccoli) and broccoli (for now). I had to juggle taking care of and supplying the community members AND cooking. Lunch consisted of loads of rice mixed with lentils and coconut flour, greens and beans, and a bit of the garlic wedges from last night. Dinner was almost the same with some new greens and shallots.
Friday: Got a bit of WiFi last night but not quite long enough to talk about the whole week. Back at the pub to finish. Today we got up rather late again, and started work after our daily morning meeting. We got caught up in an interesting chat and when our boss (Graham) came he joined in. We made up for it doubly this afternoon by planting more out and then doing a 90 minute emergency watering of plants that were expected to settle into the soil just fine if there hadn't been weeks of no rain and a solid week or two of baking in the sun all day. (Days here are longer too, in the sunner.) We put out carrot and seeds and then onions, celery, and turnips. Got more sun today and I'm pretty sure my ears are bright red. Had a great lunch of lettuce soup and bread and dinner turned out to be incredible veggie burgers (made with my rice, lentil, and coconut flour mix and some secret ingredients) and of course some more garlic potato wedges.