Flying Time

June 7? That was my last blog post?  I was thinking it had only been a couple of weeks!  So much for keeping up with blogging, I guess.

I suppose it's indicative of the season - there is SO much to keep up with this time of year that it's not too surprising I fell off the semi-regular posting wagon.  We are almost half way through the CSA season here at One Step at a Time Gardens, and have been busy visiting other farms around the state and hosting family.  We had Eli's 12 year old nephew (also named Eli) here with us for a week, and visits from Eli's sister and mom on either end of that week.  We're also wading through this heat bubble along with much of the rest of the country, and are finding that 10 hours outside in 100+ degree weather is enough to make a pair pretty tired at the end of the day.  Tack on on-going chores like bread-baking and jam making, and some things (like blogging) fall to the wayside.  Ah well.

We've really turned a seasonal corner in our crops over the last week as we saw the end of cool weather crops like lettuce, spinach, radishes, scallions and peas.  While we're sad to see those crunchy items go, I'm really excited to see the onset of more heat loving crops like zucchini, eggplant, peppers, potatoes, and, the summer vegetable star, TOMATOES.  Each CSA member got one tomato last week, we at the farm at BLTs 3 times, and we anticipate doling out thousands of pounds more of the juicy vegetable  over the next month or so.  Tomatoes just seem to sing summer is here!
  
The farm seems to be humming along. It feels really good to be here a second year and see crops through a second rotation - I have surprised myself a number of times this season with how much I've learned over the last year.  While there will always be more to learn, more to try, it is incredibly gratifying to see how much more I understand after just a season and a half.  I suppose the real test will come once we're forging our own way, but for now I'll take the sense of satisfaction that comes with knowing one has learned something valuable, however small the lesson. Time does fly, after all.