The contents of our 1st Summer CSA box on the 6th July.
That week I commented:
"The sugar snap peas have begun flowering! And we can look forward to their crisp sweet, crunch soon!"
Towards the end of July we were starting to feel like farmers ... for the first time we tried growing cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli in this garden. We have managed to successfully do three successions of cauliflower ... and Oh! what cauliflower.
I learnt something about broccoli this year ... it takes much longer to produce than the cauliflower. We were harvesting our second go around of cauliflower and it was only this Sunday that I finally saw little broccoli heads shaping up!
Luc is great at projecting quantities. He projects how much we will need to satisfy X customers over X number of weeks and plants accordingly. Particularly useful for the veggies that take a long time to grow such as potatoes and carrots. He worked our that he could safely harvest one square meter of potatoes a week and would have enough potatoes for the whole season. So far customers get 1 1/2 lbs. of potato each.
Some of the veggies are so colourful such as the carrots, beets and radishes ... a visual feast!
Wherever possible, we try to include a bunch of flowers. What we call a "laigniap" in Trinidad, which usually refers to the last, unexpected preganancy. A little extra. A surprise gift. Better know as the "baker's dozen" in this part of the world.
There is food for the belly and food for the heart. We try to satisfy both!
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