CALDER: Matt, Not sure how to format this with images so just included image names where they should go. And change as you like… big thanks!
MATT: Calder, this is... so lovely! Sorry, but I couldn't figure out how to move JPGs around. So... ppl will have to use their imagination a bit (good practice for real life, no? ;)
Today’s basket: Beets. A kohlrabi. A bag with a few okra and a handful of pepperoncini. A cup of sweet cherry tomatoes. A little bundle of basil. A few loose leaves of collards and chard. Lots and lots of squash. Squash will set you free, Matt says. If only you are versatile enough, to let it. LOL. You'll be sad when the vine borers have killed them all, and ended the surplus of sunshine-to-sustenance converting that these front-line garden workers have been achieving...
To take full advantage of those big fellas, in the comments, I’m including a yummy recipe for Stuffed Zucchini Boats from the NYT.
This is an image of how mine turned out:
(see zuchinni boat.jpg)
Hee-hee. Thanks Doro.
This is what it would've looked like if you were playing a [Matt's addition] MINI farmer this morning:
(see Kimberly farm.jpg)
It was lush and green, and I was relieved not to have to figure out how to turn the water on. As Kimberly and I walked down the aisles we discussed early pipe dreams of having goats and garden plots and doing all the Ashevillian things that take much more dedication and time than you originally think. If you find some people like Matt & Doro, who take it upon themselves to make and share the fruits of their labor, AND inspire you make a zucchini boat with them, do anything in your power to help their garden grow… they are rare and wonderful.
-- Calder
Matt: (after making what he thought would be final formatting, and NOT stylistic edits, to this) AWWWWW!!!
<wannabe farmer and his supportive family then hug all involved... knowing that only through their simple trust, extra effort and imagination is this exercise in ancient community possible>
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