Day 72

Today we started out by harvesting tomatoes in the hoop house, cause we needed more of those sweet cherries for the CSA. Then Erica and I headed back to the barn to pack up, clean up, bunch it up before the crew headed to Jeff Cook field. There we harvested kale, chard, zinnias and the green beans (that the kudzu bugs were loving up on).

We ran back to the barn, well okay we took the truck, to finish cutting the garlic. After we packed the boxes we hurried off to lunch before joining chef Andrew in the kitchen. He was supposed to show us how to can cucumbers and I got super excited, but then we only helped him and Penny cut the cucumbers. Tomorrow they will actually do the recipe canning stuff, which I guess intern Jason and Daniel will help out with. All the same it was a nice change of scenery and we chatted it up with Andrew and Penny. Andrew is from England, comes with the accent and everything.

After that we picked okra and met up with Jason to harvest tomatoes while Daniel fertilized. Then I realized we had worked another 12 hour day and it was time to call it quits!

Mixed with cucumber lime and salt overnight