This past weekend I worked both Saturday and Sunday in the corn fields with my host mother and five paid workers. We worked one hectare of land (equivalent of approximately 2.5 acres).
Day one was spent cutting the corn and day two bundling, throwing onto a truck, and bringing home. Of course, we started each day with a large meal and a few shots of moonshine. The work was extremely satisfying. It felt very good to help my host mom like this. She even “paid” me by buying me really good juice and cookies on one day and quality meat on the second.
