(ALMOST) READY.
Any of the stress we are dealing with these days seems to fade away when we are in the garden. There are flowers on the peas and potatoes, little strawberries turning red (we were supposed to pick all the flowers off this year, but who's gonna blame us for leaving a couple?), onions shooting forth from our small patch of Tennesee walking onions, and tiny broccoli heads peeking through. As we see lettuce and radishes and greens on the edge of being ready for harvest, we are preparing for our 1st CSA delivery! Tentatively, we are planning to have the first pick-up NEXT WEEK. It is exciting and a little scary, knowing that once we get started….that’s it and the train's moving for the next fifteen weeks! But we can see summer coming, with tomatoes and beans and zucchini and squash and melons all in the ground…we know that soon the bounty will be here.
WENDELL WEDNESDAY.
We thought we would take pictures of this event, because it won't be possible for very much longer.
MOVING ON UP.
Apologies for being a bit absent lately. It has been a little stressful around here, to put it mildly. Yesterday, we had to go ahead and move into our new house, which is still very much in the midst of construction. We are trying to live amongst the contractors and workers, while also preparing for our upcoming CSA season! Crazy times. So, we are sorry, and we hope to be back soon with more regular posts and an update about our first drop-off dates!- Hannah.
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HEIRS.
As a punctuation to my recent musings on Antique Farming, Hannah and I planted some heirloom peanuts yesterday from Pearl River County, Mississippi. I'd received them from two of my seed-saving heroes, John Coykendall and Jeff Ross, the respective master gardener and farmer of the famous farm-to-table–to-bed resort, Blackberry Farm. But what could be more antique than heirloom seeds?––saved generation after generation by people trying to keep a special piece of diversity and culture alive. According to John, this particular peanut can be traced back to 1850, and we feel honored to be keeping it alive another year. Year 162.We have a great love for seed-saving and it will no doubt occupy much of the blog as the season goes on and as we plant and harvest our way through the year. Our shareholders will not only enjoy heirlooms of all shape and flavor––from colorful butter beans to wild tomatoes, popping sorghum to sweet potatoes––but by supporting us can also enjoy supporting this very important act of preservation. Hundreds of heirloom seeds go extinct every year, but Hannah and I, along with our lovely shareholders, can say with confidence that we're doing our part to carry on the tradition, keeping these antiques in use.- Jesse.
