Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work on a vegetable farm? Just about every other week our long-time farm photographer, Scott David Gordon, visits the fields and captures this experience. Scott has been visiting the farm regularly for many years now... almost 10! There are many familiar themes from year to year, and also many circumstances that make each season unique. And if we were ever to forget the nuances of a particular season, there are pictures to jog our memory. Last year at around this time, for example, our squash (both winter and summer), as well as melon crops, were suffering. We had heavy pest pressure of both the bug and hog variety. This year hogs have destroyed some of our melon crops, but overall, we're very happy with the volume and quality of all the cucurbits coming out of the field! As you can guess, this is also the first season where farmers' bandanas are being worn like bandits.

Farmer Brenton's denim on denim farm look isn't complete without his cup of coffee, which is usually enjoyed from one of two vessels: a glass mason jar (pictured here) or the largest to-go cup the nearby Racetrac has to offer. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

A socially distanced farm meeting is easily accomplished when you work outdoors. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Quality control. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

We love these personal sized watermelons - perfect for a CSA share. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

When we're hiring at the farm, most job descriptions read "must be able to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly". Work one melon season, and you'll understand why that line exists. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

How to pick a good watermelon? The yellow spot often present on one side of a watermelon is called the "field spot", and this is the part of the melon that rests on the ground while it's developing. The darker and more yellow in color the field spot, the more time the melon spent ripening on the vine. A whitish field spot often means that the melon was harvested prematurely! Just look at these lovely yellow field spots. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Many home gardeners grow cucumbers up a trellis. At our scale, however, cukes are all grown on the ground and are harvested every single day. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Did you know that squash leaves and stems are edible and are commonly eaten in many global cuisines? We don't harvest squash leaves here at JBG, but we're told that our friends at New Leaf Agriculture do. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Large harvests of our "winter" squash are rolling in. Butternut, for all! Photo by Scott David Gordon.

A train of just-harvested butternut squash, ready to be transferred to the coolers. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

The building, washing, and sanitizing IFCOs is one of the less-glamorous parts of working at our Pack Shed. The pile of IFCOs to-be-washed never truly ends. Photo by Scott David Gordon.