Aka weeks 6-12, during which I was lost in a haze of crazy. Here are the missing weeks of the CSA share. I love how you can kind of see summer progress – the first tomato, carrots, and potatoes of the year; the changes in color; the changes in berries.
For the last week or so, I’ve been working on getting back on track in my kitchen. What does that mean? Digging around in the back of my freezer and my pantry and finishing eating things up! I’m a little bit of a food hoarder, and while it is comforting to have a couple jars of tomatoes left “just in case I need them,” preserving season means it’s time to start fresh and new for the coming winter.
I spoke too soon. After last week’s declaration that summer weather was finally here, we had an unseasonably rainy July week. The greens in my garden loved it. My lawn loved it. My tomatoes? Not so much. No more talking about the weather. In spite of the rain, we got a great CSA share from the Pigmans this week. I was excited to see some new flavors – raspberries, cabbage, carrots and sweet onion. Stir fry is one of my husband’s favorite meals (and mine – so easy to make!). It’s nice to see some of our usual stir fry ingredients finally turning up. I’m missing the asparagus this week though.
Summer finally appears to be here! Our CSA share was much larger this week, thanks to the warm, sunny days. When I piled it up on my counter, it almost completely eclipsed the toaster & toaster oven (yes, redundant appliances). It was great to see the first broccoli of the season. I’m excited about munching on that, especially since the broccoli plants in our garden are only about 3” tall right now.
