CSA delivery and Farmer's Market

This past couple of weeks has been very busy - mostly weeding - the weeds are growing almost as fast as the veggies, particularly at the farm where the newly turned over soil is chock full of weed seeds. I've also been doing a lot of planting: carrots, parsnip, cucumbers, turnip, bush beans, beets, scallions. My 'to do' list is still very long though - never a dull moment! :o)

Here is a picture at the farm a couple of weeks ago (it already looks more prolific than this). What fun it is to compare to the pictures of the land back in April when it was fallow, I can really see all the hard work I have done!


This week I will be harvesting:

salad mix - the usual mix of lettuces with a little extra added
fennel bulb - I chopped up some kale and fennel and sauteed them together in a little olive oil and garlic until tender - yummy!!
rainbow swiss chard - looking incredibly beautiful in the garden, it really is a rainbow of colours
parsley
peas - the snow peas are starting to produce well now; enjoy them as is, added to salad or sauteed.
red mustard
mizuna
maybe a baby zucchini - they are producing already but not in great numbers yet, hopefully there will be enough for one each this week

Other news, I attended my first farmer's market on Saturday. It was a lovely day and was quite well attended. Please spread the word that the Fiddlehead Market in Gibsons is every Saturday 9-1pm. I was quite nervous about going, particularly because I would have to do my first market alone (everybody was busy!). It started off well, I managed to get the canopy up (my biggest concern), but then while setting up the table the leg broke off!! I couldn't get it back in, and a friendly gentleman couldn't even bang it back in with a hammer. I'm quite proud of myself because I managed to 'jimmy' it together and it held for the whole time.

I had plenty of greens (I was concerned that I would run out), received lots of encouraging comments, and enjoyed meeting a whole bunch of new people. People are quite intrigued by the concept of farming in other people's space.


I'm going to work on changing my display a bit. After looking at this picture I think it looks pretty sterile. I want it to look more appealing/inviting from afar.