C.S.A. Week 7

The big blue dragonflies found their way to our lawn yesterday afternoon. There are a few weeks every year where hundreds of them congregate in the evenings swooping around the yard. We went outside to be with them. Kyle and I sat in the grass, Ryah wandered around oblivious, and Joni tried to count them but quickly decided there were too many. The dogs rested. In his younger years Homer used to try and catch them but is either too tired now or knows better. I wondered how the dragonflies didn’t run into us, them moving so quickly, but we made contact with none, just watched. We had some farmer friends over for an outdoor dinner yesterday and while we were with the dragonflies waiting for arrivals, the clouds kept turning threatening shades of grey, occasionally dropping some sprinkles on us, but the storms held out until late evening after our gathering. We exchanged stories of odd farm lighting strikes as we watched the sky while eating, and laughed at the absurdities of farming together and felt grateful for long friendships.

The heat has messed with our green successions, there is a healthy crop of lettuce and Chinese cabbage coming soon, and I seeded all of our fall greens today, so look forward to those in a couple of weeks.

Please take 8 items and PYO basil and 1-2 pink tomatoes

• Sungolds

• Red onions

• Carrots

• Zucchini/squash mix

• Cukes

• Potatoes

• Beets

• Kale

• Parsley

• Celery

• Chard

• Kohlrabi

• Cabbage

• Red Radishes