Friday today. Dehradun has a Friday market Hannah and I were thinking of going to, to buy fabric to take to the tailor to get suits made for us. The loose pants and long shirts would be really condusive to working in this heat. I think in the end we might wait until Delhi to do that though.
My clothes are getting super dirty from the work in the fields, and my novice hand washing ability doesnt help! I´ve washed some of my clothes twice already in the past week and they still smell funny!
So today a few of us woke up at 5am and Geet, the gardener in charge of general upkeep and the herbal gardens took us on a nature walk to the nearby forest of Salve that is behind the fields. We saw some peacocks, males, and really pretty flowers, and an amazing sunrise! The sun was a bright orange behind the trees.
I am now waiting for breakfast, then we will head into the fields, and continue transplanting the rice and millet. I have so far only been involved in pulling the plant out, and another group is planting it in another field. It is really amazing the different varieties they have, of grains, pulses, rices and everything. We have mentioned that we would like to see this reflected in our food. I´m not sure why, but we seem to get the same rice every meal. The pulses vary, as do the vegetables, but the rice doesnt and i´m not sure why.
Navdanya has a network of fair trade markets where farmers in their network can sell to and recieve 10% more than the normal market, and I believe we buy from this market, so perhaps the rice is from that.
Yesterday, after the work in the field, I came in and cleaned our room. I swept and wiped surfaces. Then I had a shower and did some yoga. There are many people here who know a lot of yoga, and there are Ashrams close by that I think I will try to go to for a week or so to learn some more.
A yoga and meditation instructor was here with a friend of his who is studying international business in Manchester and they are looking into creating a similar, organic farm as Navdanya, but with a spiritual side to it. That sounds neat.
Then in the afternoon I spent time researching for my paper and also reading up on Organic farming. Matt Dil, a good friend of mine, has sent me some information about the work on Biochar that he is doing and I would like to see if that would be something we could implement here as a fertilizer or fertilizer agent.
Hannah and I then sat down and discussed some things that were on our minds with the organization of the place. There is a lack of organization with the volunteers, and there is no volunteer coordinator on the farm, which makes it difficult for volunteers and staff to relate, and the work potential of the volunteers is wasted in my view.
So Hannah and I thought up some recommendations and sent them to Matt, the intern coordinator from Delhi to see who we should address these issues with. Hopefully we will get some little things accomplished that would make the process smoother.

Side note: the cat came INTO our room last night and freaked both Kayla and I out!! It meows so strangely! We quickly scared it out with our yelps.