...Saturday and it was officially WEEK 1 of our CSA activities; I had gotten out early to pick and wash and bag herbs for the orders, but our members showed up early too. When I was finished, I heard laughing and talking in the distance and I thought...'man, I have to get over there...they're having too much fun!" Will pulled up both 70-ft rows of Horticulture beans, and folks were working pulling them off the plants...it's amazing how much work six or seven people can do! At some point, I was back in the carport beginning to line up the baskets for our 20 families...
...and was helped mightily by Caroline, who was spending the day with Dad....she learned to weigh out and bag 3-lb allotments of beans - and Caroline is going into the 2nd grade! A fast learner and a big help!
in the meantime, members were busy pulling yellow beans off plants, and Will was free to till up the rows in the field - a luxury for him to be able to do this so quickly after vegetables are pulled up.
I don't know what is up with this year's crops. We've talked about it a lot. Look at the size of these bell peppers - and it's early yet. But they're HUGE! Also, the crepe myrtles are crazy-blooming and if I'm not mistaken they're VERY early. Hmm. I'm not complaining, it's just that things seem to be in a big, big hurry.
...Saturday and it was officially WEEK 1 of our CSA activities; I had gotten out early to pick and wash and bag herbs for the orders, but our members showed up early too. When I was finished, I heard laughing and talking in the distance and I thought...'man, I have to get over there...they're having too much fun!" Will pulled up both 70-ft rows of Horticulture beans, and folks were working pulling them off the plants...it's amazing how much work six or seven people can do! At some point, I was back in the carport beginning to line up the baskets for our 20 families...
...and was helped mightily by Caroline, who was spending the day with Dad....she learned to weigh out and bag 3-lb allotments of beans - and Caroline is going into the 2nd grade! A fast learner and a big help!
in the meantime, members were busy pulling yellow beans off plants, and Will was free to till up the rows in the field - a luxury for him to be able to do this so quickly after vegetables are pulled up.
I don't know what is up with this year's crops. We've talked about it a lot. Look at the size of these bell peppers - and it's early yet. But they're HUGE! Also, the crepe myrtles are crazy-blooming and if I'm not mistaken they're VERY early. Hmm. I'm not complaining, it's just that things seem to be in a big, big hurry.
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