Somehow these two hooligans graduated from high school. No one really saw it coming, but there it is. So although we still goof around on a farm all day, we no longer have to post about how much we learn from it. But this hooligan at least sort of missed writing jumbled thoughts about her scrambled days. So she decided to pick it up again.
What's new with Riverview? Literally everything. The ground erupted and has been throwing vegetables at us for weeks. We try as best we can to wash and sort them all but it's pretty hard to keep up with. Beets, carrots, and radishes,the main root crops right now, are popping up from the dirt and begging to be picked. There's lettuce, arugula, mizuna, tat soi, and lots of greens resolutely flipping up more leaves no matter how many times we trim them off and bag them. And of course we've got peas climbing up their trellises and dumping crates and crates of peas at us. We've got zucchinis, the beginnings of cucumbers, and lots and lots and lots of herbs, especially cilantro. And we've got onions and garlic as well.
What do we do with this ridiculous amount of food? Well, on Thursdays we're in frenzy to get it all ready for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) members to come and pick it up. We have a hundred full shares which equals lots and lots of produce. And the rest we give to our half shares, our work shares, and our neighborhood markets to sell. And the rest is dumped on volunteers to take home and savor.
In a temporary bout of insanity, Oren promised Jaffna and I our very own market stand. It might not get the most customers, but it certainly gets the most enthusiastic. Every week our three favorite customers have extensive photoshoots with their newly purchased organic veggies. Plus, yesterday, we brought free samples of kale chips and rhubarb cake which we doled out to anyone walking by. One group of kids on scooters and bikes stopped by three times to take advantage of the cake. We also hand out free mint, oregano, and lovage to all our customers.
More news about the going-ons at this urban farm that somehow got stuck with these two hooligns to come!
