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Finca Verde - Farm Log
The farm log follows the activities that happen on the farm this is used as evidence for the Research and Development Grant and also to review our progress and patterns of work and maintenance happening on the land.
We use this data to make better decisions around resource allocation.
To host volunteers we aggregate the cost of having additional people on the property which is 15€ per working day of 4 / 5 hours. For volunteers that only come for the working shift we cost this at 5€ per shift which includes a warm meal and drinks.
| Date | Activity | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th October 2023 | First Snow melt irrigation run, work include preparing the acequia, monitoring the water inflow and outflow, clearing up debris and opening and closing irrigation pipes. | 1900 - 0400 | V 90 |
| 25th January 2025 | Burned cuttings at the two burning circles at the far end of the farm. | 1000 - 1400 | 10 |
| 1st February 2025 | Burned cuttings at the two burning circles at the far end of the farm. | 1000 - 1400 | 20 |
| 14th February 2025 | Cleaned pipe coming from under the sink until the end of the terrace to facilitate fire bucket filling at the end of the terrace near the burning circles. | 0830 - 1400 | 5 |
| 14th February 2025 | Burned cuttings at the two burning circles at the far end of the farm. | 1000 - 1400 | 15 |
| 14th February 2025 | Irrigation - Refilled domestic tank, followed by redirection of irrigation water into Frescito side of the farm. Maintained the half-way switch open to water bottom half of the land. | 1100 - 1900 | 5 |
| 14th February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 15th February 2025 | Irrigation - Topped up the domestic tank to cope with extra load from volunteers and Warm Showers visitors and then opened all pipes for 4 hours to water all trees. After 4 hours closed all but under the sink switches to let the water deposit re-fill. Closed under the sink tap at 0700 the following morning and then topped up the domestic tank once more as more showering was happening. | 1900 - 0700 | 5 |
| 17th February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 18th February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 19th February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. Jose Louis land completed, continuing work up to Frescito land. | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 20th February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1500 | 20 |
| 20th February 2025 | Vegetable garden design work | 1500 - 1600 | 10 |
| 21st February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1600 | 15 |
| 21st February 2025 | Vegetable garden work, clearing the land for planting, planting from seed | 1200 - 1600 | 15 |
| 22nd February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1600 | 15 |
| 22nd February 2025 | Vegetable garden work, clearing the land for planting, planting from seed | 1200 - 1600 | 15 |
| 23rd February 2025 | Continuing work to trim the olive tree suckers. | 1200 - 1600 | 15 |
| 23rd February 2025 | Vegetable garden work, clearing the land for planting, planting from seed | 1200 - 1600 | 15 |
| 25th February 2025 | Vegetable garden work, clearing the land for planting, planting from seed | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 26th February 2025 | Vegetable garden work, clearing the land for planting, planting from seed | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 27th February 2025 | Vegetable garden work, clearing the land for planting, planting from seed | 1200 - 1600 | 30 |
| 29th March 2025 | Irrigation | ||
| 30th March 2025 | Irrigation | ||
| 05th April 2025 | Cleaning of the irrigation system - 2x people joining the team of local community maintenance workers to carry out annual maintenance of the irrigation system | 0800-1500 | |
| 07th April 2025 | Cleaning of the irrigation system - 2x people joining the team of local community maintenance workers to carry out annual maintenance of the irrigation system | 0800-1400 | |
| 08th April 2025 | Cat disposal - Cat exhibiting strange symptoms died on the land. Disposal of the carcass to minimize risk of harm to our animals. | 1000-1100 | |
| 08 April 2025 | Cleaning of the irrigation system - 1x person continuing the work of annual maintenance of the irrigation system | 1130-1530 | |