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| Doro, about to take some kale and collards for a stroll ! |
Every year it is a blessing to see the plants, trees and shrubs slowly re-animate (and re-green) themselves. From the wild onion tufts, to the exploding leaflets of the brambles (blackberries, raspberries and such), to next dandelion rosettes... and then, spring beauty, and young sassafras leaves, and evening primrose rosettes sticking their heads up... culminating (at least, in my foraging mind's-eye) in the luxurious patches of stinging nettle that reliably dominate their surroundings (and, beg to be harvested).
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| spinach, kohlrabi, tatsoi greens, radicetta, mixed lettuces... |
Of course, the seasons have greater and greater unpredictability these years, so there can also be quite some disappointment... for example, that cold flash we had about a week ago killed every last fruit blossom that was on our twenty-or-so-fruit-trees mini-orchard. Its nice to have a reminder of how fragile things can be. I mean, even as preparations are as thoroughly made as possible, there are always circumstances outside of our control!
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| ...lettuce, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, okra... mmm! |
Anyways, enough waxing poetic, a couple of important updates about this year's share:
1) Please make sure you are by now getting these blog posts delivered direct to your inbox; I will follow up with a Google Groups message to double-check, but double-check your spam folder!
2) Our very good friend and organic / locally sourced ingredients baker-friend Laura Walton is offering a 'baked goods' addition to the share this year. If interested, $30 gets you one serving of whatever yumminess she will bake for us weekly (and just before share pickup), while $60 gets you two. Please message her at thecrunchybaker@gmail.com for more info, or just to let her tell you how you can pay!
3) We are aiming for the first share to come out June 2nd, and barring more than two members telling us its an absolute non-starter, we'd like to keep last year's pickup day, time and place of Wednesdays from 4-6PM at the Wedge. Please email me if you have serious qualms about this, or if you've found some kind of alternative that promises to be even more magical than this place! =)
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| Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes... oh my! |
There will be a LOT of transplanting of things into the garden over the next month, so wish us luck in keeping them well fed, watered, and protected from insects!!!
- Matt, Doro and the gang
