Special Delivery today -- share #4

Hey there! Just a special note that today your shares will be delivered by two of our really good friends, Laura and Danny! So don't be surprised if you see two not-yet-familiar faces sitting in my usual 'spot' at the Wedge today... they'll be there from 2 to 4, as usual. I have a tentative list of what should end up in the basket, but these two lovely people should be able to tell you if any last-minute changes were necessary:

sunflower sprouts
arugula flowers?
manila lettuce
mountain mint
cucumbers
tomatoes
radishes
spring onion
dried porcini mushrooms (locally harvested and prepared last fall)
eggs

Don't forget to bring baskets, plastic bags, jars, and egg cartons from previous shares (as they become available) by today, I'll be picking it all up from Danny and Laura later today or tomorrow. And, here are some fun pictures from the past few days:

Peppers looking good, should be reliably in the share in a few weeks' time

Cucumber plants about to break through, too!

Grrr... even after hand-removing probably close to three thousand of these 'fleures des heures,' I found a few gone to seed already late last week =(

Okra will also be on the menu, probably in early August =) One of my favorites

Success with foraging down by new my folks place in northern Georgia, on the fourth of July. I'm hopeful we'll find several staple delicacies near Asheville soon, too... the repeated rain is a very key ingredient!

I wish I had photos of the harmful critters we've caught in the past week, too: there was another woodchuck (which hopefully means we saved some of our fall squash plants, as well as some of our fall cabbages) and also there was a raccoon (not good for chickens). Both got exported down the road a good bit, and hopefully won't be back anytime soon!

Will be great to see you all again next week...