CSA Week 2 and the visit of Ruth

This is the Week 2 offering of the CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, as supplied by Bluebird Farms.   From lower right clockwise we have the pea shoots, radishes, tomatoes, spinach, Nevada lettuce,  a zucchini and a cucumber for a total of about four pounds.

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This is our garden on the north side of the Village.  There are twenty-four of these plots and we have two since not all are spoken for.  Again from the lower right clockwise are chives, onions and rhubarb along the edges and wax beans in the center of each plot and peas to climb the trellises. We have taken four harvests from the rhubarb patch. 

 

These onions are our contribution to the salad preparations that we are planning.

 

Sue's sister Ruth visited this past week.  She lives in Texas and we took her to Fargo this morning to catch the plane back to her home.  

 

Ruth visited the Village during an open house to look at the apartments.  No vacancies now!

We toured the Zoo in Wahepeton.  A nice little zoo perfect for our area!

Our first try with a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

This is the site of the garden near our town of Fergus Falls.  The owner, a retired teacher,  is on his tractor.   More information at http://www.bluebirdgardens.net/

Every other Tuesday our box is delivered to this store near our home. Other deliveries are made to sites convenient to subscribers in the area.  Some goes to Fargo, ND.

There are two sizes of boxes; large with red labels and small with blue labels.   Boxes are delivered to Premier Meats each week and we have chosen the small box every other week.  That should be plenty for the two of us.

Our first box consisted of Nevada lettuce, a cucumber, a head of cabbage and pea shoots.  I had never heard of Nevada lettuce but we had some this noon and it was very good.  The pea shoots are another item that I had never heard of.  It tastes a bit piquant.

 

More later....