I have an app on my iPhone for Sadie about baby animals. It is narrated by an Australian girl, which makes it even cuter than it should be. She gets to the rabbits, and says, “A baby rabbit is called a kin-dle. But I call it a bunny.” Even cuter than that are the kindles themselves:
Don’t get too attached though. Chad is calling them “stew” and “pate”.
Get those tomatoes in the ground. It might be early, but it sure is warm. There are peppers that have volunteered from last year, and there have been some tomatoes that have been planted out for two weeks now that are thriving. Our CSA members, like last year, will be getting boat loads of food.
Today was our first experience participating in the Grants Pass Growers’ Market. After some nervousness that none of us wanted to admit to, and harvesting at 5:30 in the morning, we got there on time, had the booth set-up in record time, and were ready to move some eggs and produce!
We settled into a nice routine of pass the baby, and take turns answering questions about our CSA. We had a great level of interest in us thanks to an awesome article about us that appeared in the local paper on Thursday night. And before anyone else asks: No, Chad and I did not get married and not tell you. I think the paper put us down as married to help us appeal to a wider range of people in the area. It is still a bit conservative here…
Anyway, we had a great time at market. We didn’t completely sell out of our stuff, but I think it was ideal for us to reinforce our community standing in person on the heels of the article. Hopefully from here on out, we have enough to be there every week!
This week we had:
Baby Bok Choy of a variety called Joi Choi
French Breakfast Radishes (these flew off our table. No one had ever seen anything like them before and were really intrigued to try them out!)
Mustard Greens
Oregano
Eggs
Yellow Raspberry starts
Tomato starts (Thai Pink Egg varietal, and Orange Pixie)
This is Sadie enjoying some Watermelon Lemonade with Kirby. She was drinking out of the end of the straw, eye-dropper style. Like she was a little baby bird!
We have two more CSA members bringing the grand total now to six.
We made our first sale of the year besides subscriptions. Summer Jo’s bought some broccoli raab.
The greenhouse, after a year is in full operation. It is glorious.
We planted then it rained. Mother nature has finally backed us up. It is green like freakin Ireland with clover to boot.
Why do We love farming? Dogs running around with machetes
The flower pictured here is butterfly weed. It smells great and attracts butterflies too
