a few days ago, our friends and farmers amy and jeff (from buckwheat blossom farm) told us they needed some help. not wanting to pass up the opportunity for a small amount of money, plus a worthwhile day spent doing good stuff outdoors (and - oh yeah helping our friends), we drove on up to wiscasset to put in our day's work.
we got there at 7:30 and it was cold and raining, so we were put to the task of washing, sorting, and packaging eggs. TONS of eggs. they come out of the hen perfectly clean, but then random bedding and other detritus get stuck onto the shells. the egg inside is perfectly fine, but when buying eggs at a store or far-mar, customers want a consistently clean-looking egg.
also, with over 250 laying hens of different species, there are all sorts of colors of eggs (different shades of brown, white, and...green). we separated them by color, so when packing dozens, we could more easily make a pleasing color mix.
here's maggie washing eggs. did i mention she's vegan?
all in all, we hand-washed, sorted, and boxed 120 DOZEN eggs, one by one. you do the math. and that was all before noon.
we got there at 7:30 and it was cold and raining, so we were put to the task of washing, sorting, and packaging eggs. TONS of eggs. they come out of the hen perfectly clean, but then random bedding and other detritus get stuck onto the shells. the egg inside is perfectly fine, but when buying eggs at a store or far-mar, customers want a consistently clean-looking egg.
also, with over 250 laying hens of different species, there are all sorts of colors of eggs (different shades of brown, white, and...green). we separated them by color, so when packing dozens, we could more easily make a pleasing color mix.
here's maggie washing eggs. did i mention she's vegan?
all in all, we hand-washed, sorted, and boxed 120 DOZEN eggs, one by one. you do the math. and that was all before noon.
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