They may look cute, but when they get into your cucumber tunnel . . . they ruin things. Yes, if you were thinking wow, it's cucumber season, think again - we lost a large number of plants last week when a baby cow got into the tunnel and ripped them up. Having lots of cucumber is up there on my list of goals every year, and it's not going to happen this year, at least not yet. There are so many in our future, but it will be a few weeks yet before there are abundant cucumbers in our shares. I'm sorry! I didn't invite her in, I swear. The photo above is of mom a week before just outside the tunnel when she broke out of her fence a week before.
Anyway, I used to get really upset about things like that. Like, sobbing my eyes out upset. But then I grew up a little, went to art therapy for a year, got a little better at taking care of myself, had a baby and realized: it's just vegetables. I'm really sorry if they are your favorite, especially if they are your kids favorites (they are Harvey's number one). There are more coming, I promise.
But we do have peas and carrots for everyone this week! And more broccoli/broccoli bunches (hopefully for everyone, maybe in a choice on Thursday, broccoli doesn't like hot weather). I am going to be that farmer and ask you all to take another cabbage this week. I know many of you didn't even want the first one, but I'm in a pickle. It's your typical cart before the horse/ cabbage before the cooler situation over here. As you all know we are working hard to build infrastructure as we go right now, just barely finishing projects in time to use them (like finishing a propagation greenhouse and filling it with plants in a week).
Right now we need to finish a cooler. We (Kevin) just finished the drain covering so the crew no longer needs to step over a 16" wide 1' deep trench while washing your vegetables, and now we need to start on a cooler, but the cabbage is ready now. Like right now. Typically for summer cabbage we grow it and store it at 38 degrees and distribute for the next month (trust me, it's better for the cabbage than either a.) trying to grow cabbage in the heat of summer or b.) leaving it in the field to explode or bolt).
We need to get this cabbage out of the field, so we need you to take another. They will chill out in the back of your fridge for a while. If an outer leaf or two gets yellow or dry, just peel it off and there is perfect cabbage in there. Or just invite some friends over for a meal and have coleslaw on the menu. Done. Forgive me, please, I know better than to force people to take cabbage ever, especially two weeks in a row, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. There are peas and carrots too, remember?!
A few photos from the week below. It's 9:53 and I've been working since 5am. Gotta sleep before tomorrow's early harvest.
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