So far into the season...and so little from us over here. I've been trying to get to the end of the semester - always a long, long haul. But finals are upon us at the university, and I can turn my attention a little bit to this poor unattended blog.
Strawberries have not come and gone quite yet - but they've been glorious this year - a fantastic crop, really. Our wonderful loyal veggie consumers have been picking the plot clean every three days or so since the beginning, and the only difference is this: because the plants are no longer in their prime, you must pick and immediately DEAL with your harvest. No laying around on the counter for two days, oh no. This was told to me by a basket of berries, picked Sunday morning, put on the kitchen table, and bleeding by the evening all over the tabletop.
More later about the goings-on, but this year we are formally 'doing' a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). We have 20 families who willl buy into the garden up front, will help with the harvest, and will bring home a bushel basket of produce every week for two months.
I am going to try to turn this very blog into a CSA blog, with a new name, because (a) I don't want to lose all of this farm history and (b) this is a new and exciting project which deserves a new moniker.
I promise to be back with new things promptly.
Oh, I'm so glad to hear that the CSA is officially going to happen! I signed up but wasn't sure if you got your 20 families, so I'm really pleased that you have. I can't wait to meet you and help support your farm!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be part of a CSA next year-- I'm excited to follow your adventures!
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