2nd CSA Weekend...

So Friday comes, and HALF of our member familes show up in the evening to help with the harvest! This is great, because they are doing the lion's share of the hard stuff...and they can go home on Friday with their baskets. This is working well. I am not kidding you when I say these fine folks picked 100 POUNDS of green beans!...and this off of the same two rows that gave us 60 lbs last week! AND they weighed and bagged all of them. They also dug enough carrots for the 40 families (and they washed and bundled them too). While all of this was happening, other members were staking and tying the zinnia rows - a precaution before they blow down in a storm we're probably never going to get at this point). Below is a very busy girl...mom has her hands full- Ah yes - I do remember the chasing of small children.

Here are the carrots - quite nice. Cover them with a wet tablecloth

and they'll overnight just fine.
The Hall family (5 beautiful kids) cut and bunch the arugula.

Here is the Saturday morning carport. It was just as busy last night...lots of organized packing of baskets and checking of lists.

And here is a random shot of some of the packed baskets,

with Weekly Selection Sheets sticking out.

My goodness but we're tired. Last night, after all was over for the evening (Will and Rich Beam picked squash in the dark) I brought out a pitcher of Sangria and Will and I sat in the galvanized livestock tub we have in the yard freshly filled with cold water) and we watched the lightening bugs. Seemed like we didn't sleep for 5 minutes before we were up and at it again. But it's what we do. And we love it. We have the most fabulous group of CSA members this year. They all 'get it'...and we're enjoyng their company. Two weeks down - six to go - maybe seven. Lots of good food all over the place.