Coffee and Septic Tanks

It’s December, and many city folks are on vacation, not those who live in the countryside.

Picking up our stove pieces in town. Photo by author.

We are on our second harvest this coffee season. I have learned that the first big harvest of coffee is in November, and the second is in December. Everyone is working.

Today, we had a woman picking coffee on the farm, and tomorrow, she will return. I am working with a neighbor to help me with this season, and it will be my last coffee season of a big harvest.

After she is finished, we will cut the trees and keep the good ones. I plan on keeping enough coffee to keep here on the farm, not to sell. Organizing all of this is driving my partner crazy.

I say that because he has been dealing with everything that requires a Colombian-to-Colombian interaction; it’s easier that way. He knows the customs and ways, and I will always be a foreigner with more questions than they want to answer.

My life tends to be all or nothing.

A few weeks ago, I had time to write, schedule my videos and posts, and have a chill day. However, on those chill days, we were still waiting for things to happen around the farm, but we had to wait.

We purchased a wood stove a month ago, and a professional assembly was required. They…