Work varies day by day but we work 7 days a week from 7 am to 8 pm. Wake up at 6 am bedtime 10-11 pm. I haven’t logged a lot of random work done in smaller quantities (under 30 min) or any time I’ve spent reading or blogging.

Week Weekly Activity Hours Cumulative hours
Week 1 General farm work 25
Dairy 25
50
Week 2 General farm work   25
Dairy 25
Data entry at Terrrace Edge Vineyard 5
105
 Week 3/4 General work 15
Dairy 25
Forage 2017 prep and work 8
Weeding 8
Sowing seeds in the greehouse 3
Cheesemaking 6
Cooking 7
Food processing (ie. cooking jam, shelling peas, stoning plums/apricots/cherries) 15
Foraging for wild plums 2
Fromagerie orientation 45 min
Fromagerie work making cheese 2
Cracking nuts, collecting shallots and a hare from Tony 30 min
Painting/writing in Christchurch botanical gardens 2
Cheese and meat tasting in Christchurch 20 min
Native plant research 30 min
Geography lesson 30 min
Dinner preparation 1
Sowing seeds 1
Weeding the front garden 6
208
February 1- Drawing labels/herb research 1
Fecal egg counts/distributing medicine 3
Dairy work/feeding 4
Baking 30min
2- Cooking jam 1
Sowing seeds 1
Harvesting garlic 45 min
Dairy work/feeding 4
Drawing labels 20 min
3- Dairy/feeding 4
Watering 20 min
Fruit processing 2
Chasing chicken 20 min
Baking 1
Blogging 45 min
4- Dairy/feeding 3.5
Jam 3.5
Foraging 15 min
Motonau beach exploring!!
5- Dairy/feeding 4
Watering 20 min
Garlic cleaning/tying 1.5
Compost digging/weed management 1.5
6- Superbowl partying
Dairy/feeding 4
Trap building to catch wild animal for wild food festival 2
7- Dairy/feeding 4
Trap building/fixing 1.5
Tomato pruning 20 min
Weeding 30 min
Seed saving 1.5 255.5
 8- Dairy/feeding 4
Weeding 1
Sowing seeds 1
Pruning plants in greenhouses 1
Bottling olives 15 min
Harvesting fruit/removing netting 20 min
Orientating Belgian visitors 45 min
9- Dairy/feeding 4
Shoveling compost/making raised beds 1
Planting seeds 1.5
10- Dairy/feeding 4
Cooking 1.5
Cleaning house 2.5
11- Dairy/feeding 4
Baking 2
Planting seedlings 1.5
12- Dairy/feeding 4
Orienting newcomer 2
Tomato and melon pruning in greenhouses 30
Cooking 1
13- Dairy/feeding 4
Organizing shed 5
Preparation for trip around the south island  295
14- Left on holiday!!
Otago museum 3
Invercargill museum 2
South Otago museum 3
23- Returned home
Watering 1
Aided in the slaughter and butchering of Offallo the pig 6
Feeding 1
24- Watering 1
Fecal testing demonstration 45 min
Cooking dinner/ baking 3.5
Mixing cement/ building brick wall and clay wall 1.5
Collecting dried herbs/ drying herbs 1
Feeding 1
25- Watering 1
Clay plastering 2
Feeding 1
Weeding 1
26-Watering 1
Seedling transplanting 1
Wool work 2.5
Feeding 1
27- Watering 1
Weeding 1
Clay plastering 1.5
Cooking 1
Blogging 1.5
Butchering Bella the lamb/ tanning her hide 1.5
Feeding 1
28- Watering 1
Weeding 2
Apple cutting and pressing 1.5
 March 1- Watering 1
Cooking 2
Shoveling compost 2
Feeding 1
2- Watering 1
Garden planning 2
Weeding 4
Cooking 1.5
Feeding 1
Sheepskin tanning 1 363.75
3- Watering 1
Feeding 1
Weeding in the strip field 2
Shelling beans 30 min
4- Watering 1
Feeding 1
Baking 1.5
Weeding by polytunnel 4
Cleaning house 1
5- Watering/feeding 2
Building outdoor kitchen wall 3.5
Tying fronds for oven 30 min
6- Watering 1
Feeding 1
Transplanting seedlings 1
 7- Watering 1
Feeding 1
Baking 3
Weeding 1
8- Watering 1
Feeding 1
Fecal egg testing 45 min
9- Watering 1 399
Feeding 1
Tying fronds 1
Sowing seeds 1
Making marmalade 30 min
 10- Watering 1.5
Feeding 1
Cooking 3
11- Watering 1.5
Feeding 1
Constructing sign blocks 1
Weeding 30 min
Cooking 20 min