C.S.A. week 12

My brother was here visiting over the weekend. He is a man of extremes, all or nothings. For the past year or so, he has been pretty much living on a diet of eggs, vegetables, potatoes and chicken. I had a good laugh when the pandemic hit, because those were some of the first items to fly off the grocery store shelves. He had been eating those items for months, and then they became hard to find, frustrating him to say the least. His limited diet has also sparked an interest in seeing the vegetables he eats growing in our field. I showed him the fall broccoli this weekend, and he was appropriately horrified that a plant that takes 3 months to grow, eating up 3 square feet of garden real-estate, only produces 1 large(or in this case small) head that will go for $4.00. Kyle and I don’t spend the bulk of our time focusing on a plants individual dollar value, instead we look at them in a general sense of profit, demand, and keeping a diverse garden. There have been a few things we have given up on at least for now; corn, celery, and we are growing winter squash at another location. On the other hand, one of the pleasures of farming is growing what you love to eat, and what you love giving to people, to eat. Or just growing what we like to look at, because we spend an awful lot of time out in the field to not enjoy the view.

This week the Earle Farm pickup will get small heads of broccoli, and next week Hosac Farm. We didn’t quite plant enough of this round to get enough heads to mature around the same date.

In the share:

• Astro Arugula

• Lacinato Kale

• Sierra Blanca White Onions

• Red Norland Potatoes

• Annina Eggplant

• Genovese Basil

• Probably a Tomato

  -Earle Farm pickup will get a small head of broccoli this week, Hosac pickup next week.