Wednesday, June 2, 2010

First CSA Harvest

Today was our first CSA harvest.  This means that we take a look at what is ready in the field and harvest enough of them to give to our CSA members.  I know that they picked salad mix yesterday.  Today, we harvested pea shoots, green garlic, butter lettuce heads, radishes, and cilantro.  We also packed a variety of sprouts for them.


While the first CSA delivery is typically the smallest, I believe that it is one of the best, because it is the first taste of the season.  Each crop is at their sweetest and most flavorful.  The cilantro is particular was lush, and it smelled amazing.  The lettuce heads looked tender and crisp, the radishes big and juicy, the pea shoots sweet and crunchy, the garlic spicy and pungent.  The other good thing about having a small share is that you'll most likely finish eating all of it.  By the end of the season, sometimes the amount of food can be overwhelming.


I had a lot of fun harvesting with my fellow interns.  Wednesday's crew is myself, Jenna, Laura, Liz, Megan, and Meghan, and several worker share employees.  It was really satisfying to do what we came here to do--feed people.

In the afternoon we also got some much-needed weeding done in the mulched broccoli.  The jury is still out on whether or not this was a good idea.  We won't know for sure until it's ready and we can test it against the un-mulched broccoli.

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