Has it really been four six weeks since our last post?! It was four when I first sat down to write this one. That seemed like a long time. Six weeks seems downright negligent. But, while we haven’t been blogging, we have been busy. Here are some highlights. (Note: We have been pretty good at posting on Facebook. If you aren’t following us there, maybe you should.)
The romaine we transplanted during our last workday came in full and crisp.
We have harvested HUNDREDS of tomatoes, oftentimes in a single day…
We distributed a ton of them through our CSA thanks to our “sarcophagus” system. (Term coined by Julian Halliday)
We made and distributed roasted tomatillo salsa to nearly all members of our CSA…
This was a goody batch we sent to Rosa and George’s band instructor. The red bottle is a tomato version.
We also harvested, shared, and ingested TONS of kale, chard, and arugula, herbs, onions, cucumbers, beans. You can check out some of our favorite recipes, including our own K-Word Smoothie, on our recipes board. We canned pizza sauce, chutney, and salsa verde (a cooked and preserved version of our fresh salsa that doesn’t really compare but when you are sitting on a mountain of tomatillos what are you gonna do?). We made refrigerator pickles and jardiniere. It’s been awesome.
We have lots to do to get ready for fall. And some things we hoped to get done probably won’t this year. But, we’ll be ready next time around.
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