If you’re like us, you’ve been babying those precious tomato plants in the garden for months now. Since Memorial Day to be exact! Seems like forever to wait for a ripe tomato!
Then, all of a sudden, your tomatoes start to ripen. And by September, you’re swimming in tomatoes!
That’s how we feel on the farm, too! Farmer Gene and the crew harvested well over 1000 pounds this week alone.
Your summer gardens are bursting with fresh veggies, especially cucumbers. Or maybe you’re in our CSA and experiencing our farm’s best cucumber year ever…
And that’s no bad thing because in America, a cool, crisp cucumber is just about the definition of summer, right?
I’m a farmer with a huge abundance of fresh veggies at my disposal. And one thing you might be surprised to learn about me is: I don’t can.
What do you mean? Don’t all farmers spend their summer months over a hot water bath processing dozens of jars of veggies?
Maybe many do, and I have in the past. Believe me I know what it’s like. It’s hot. It takes a big chunk of time. And over the years, I’ve found that I don’t like to do it.
Have you ever agreed to something and then realized that it involved more than you bargained for?
Well this weekend I hosted a completely new to me food class at the farm! In fact I don’t consider myself an expert at all in the topic.
Picture me Sunday morning, scrambling around in my kitchen’s sad state of wreckage, trying to pull together 7 different dips in 2 hours for the class later that afternoon. Yes, even re-washing the oily food processor multiple times!
When it comes to our diets, there is little agreement about what we should be eating. There are vegans, vegetarians, Keto-fans, and everything in between.
Then of course there's the "Kaleman Diet":
But seriously, people can get adamant about their opinions on diet! Maybe you’ve experienced this? On social media, perhaps?
C S A … What does that even stand for? That it means “Community Supported Agriculture” doesn’t really help in understanding what it actually is.
CSA is not really a universal household term. So it probably isn’t a surprise that many CSA newbies don’t really know what to expect when they start one.
