So much for weekly updates! Oh well.
In skimming Sharon’s latest update, I’m reminded that there’s a specific format to this genre; here goes using it.
Planted something: not exactly, though we did transplant some squashes from the hill where they all germinated to the one where none did.
Harvested something: lettuce, radishes, mustard greens, basil & varied herbs. One snap pea went directly into my mouth — the plants are finally growing more vigorously, but haven’t managed to produce so much.
Preserved something: I don’t think putting stuff in the fridge counts here.
Ate the food: all the stuff we picked! Pretty easy at this point.
Waste not/Managing Food Reserves: finally remembered to pull one of the 5 gallon water containers out that I’d filled 6 months ago. Still tasted fine.
Want Not/Prep and Storage: installed cucumber trellis from leftover fencing & bamboo stakes.
Build Community Food Systems: drafted a schedule for Board and committee staffing at the rest of the year’s in-store tabling and member dinners at Harvest (felt a little like solving the Travelling Salesman problem). Started looking into what the Transition Network is doing, and pondering how that might look in Boston — there are some interested folks in various parts of the state, but not so much here yet.