Day 39

I figured out why people wave at each other in the country. It's because you know everyone that drives by, crazy right?! Think about all the people you drive by everyday, then half that a couple times and poof you know all of them.  And you wave at the rest in case you know them, just to be on the safe side.
Oh yeah, so anywho my day was...active. We finished up harvesting asparagus and strawberries bunched and pinted them up for 90 CSA members. You heard me correctly, 90, the number has gone up!

 

We formed our assembly line with the boxes at one end, heavy food first then ending with flowers.
This weeks line up:
Choy Sum (new guy in the ring)
Arugula (stats are impressive)
Asparagus (Last game, has had a good run)
Strawberries (crowd pleaser) 
Red Onions (looking tough)
Kale (on it's last leg, not favored to win)
Chard (tagged in last minute)
Radishes (large and in charge, from Nicholas' Farm)
Red Lettuce (been playing well this season)
Romaine Lettuce (classic and fan fav)
Garlic Flower and Scape (unique, but may be all looks and no game)


After we assembled the boxes Erica and Cory went on the same run I went on last week while Jason went on the Decatur delivery (Farmer D's, Shield's Market). I decided to go get a manicure because my nails have been a mess. That last sentence didn't happen but it probably should have. Daniel and I transplanted okra, sunflowers, watermelon, and zinnia's with Sandy the owner. Sandy likes to drive really fast on the tractor so it feels like you're in some kind of planting race and you feel lots of stress which reminds you of sales jobs and why you don't want something like that and then you're happy again.

Okra about to be planted at lightening speed

Daniel and I finished planting eggplants in the lower field then harvested zucchini. Some zucchini were ginormous, and some were deformed (so I got to keep those, discarded veggies keep a full fridge and Farmgirl can really eat these days). I learned a lot from Daniel about when plants are ready for planting and when they can be harvested. In general, you can tell a plant is ready to be planted because a couple leaves will turn yellow and their roots will wrap around the soil in the container pretty tight. You want to get them before that though, just check on them frequently, talking to them...optional.

Sprocket, hey could you...where are you going?

Home life: As soon as the mice left, there have been these tiny black beetles infesting the house or at this point let's call the house a big tent. They fall from the ceiling and lie there until they die, nice. They are everywhere, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, in our beds. We told Sandy and he just brought over flea spray. Thanks...for that. So instead we've been training Sprocket to get um! 

Any second now he's going after those bugs, I'm telling you