We started of today with chopping hay! What a fun task, we though to ourselves as we started, soon realizing that it was much more difficult, uncomfortable, and frustrating than expected. We were asked to chop about 2 barrels of hay using their electric hay chopper, in order to have enough to making into a paste for the finishing plaster on Lindsay's ceiling. We started out by slowly putting the hay through the hay chopper which emptied into a bag. We thought this was enough, but it turned out that it needed to be extremely fine-cut straw! So we ended up cutting the straw three times, while replacing the cutting instrument about 2-3 times. Also, emily got a little poke-bruise, courtesy of my pitch-forking abilities!
Overall, that was a big part of our day, but once we mixed in our nicely-cut straw into a paste for the ceiling, we started on another task. The plastering of the ceiling was definitely tricky. The plaster contained lime, to make the ceiling white, which is also a little toxic, so we had to wear gloves and sunglasses, while tipping our heads back to plaster a difficult ceiling. Some other women working with us were much more experienced (which put us to shame a little bit) but were still very reassuring and helpful in giving us tips! Overall, it was a tiring and fun day. More soon!
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