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Here are some scenes from Green County this year. Some things remain the same, some new players. Most notably cutting back on the tomato gang and adding in some purely ornamental flowers and such. Left to Right, Top to Bottom: - Sweet Potato Town, in two hanging baskets - One of two bags of Cherry Tomatoes - A fresh little sprig of Catnip from last year that survived outside over the winter just popped up. Resilience! Behind it is a bag with Greek and Italian oregano. I did not know there was a difference, but the Greek one looks short and wide with fuzzy leaves and Italian one is taller with smooth leaves. - PARSLEY TOWN. I have no idea what to do with it really other than make tabouleh. - Cilantro in the bottom front, and two Chili plants in the back.

- The rest of Chili town in the back, and a little pot of Alyssum in the front. - Strawberries on the stool, they came back on their own after surviving the winter outside. Below them is a bag of Basil and behind two unremarkable but full bags of Potato Town. Those will transform dramatically! - A hanging pot of Scaevola :)

Didn't bother getting pics of Chick Pea Town, they are in the ground and popping but only one has broken soil yet by 1/8 of an inch, will be sure to catch them next week. Green things growing feels like hope and happy times a-coming.

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First buggos of the season!

It's hard to contain my excitement when I finally see these little friends start to come out for the first time in the spring. It's still pretty early, but more and more I'll see movement in the air and ground where before there was a void.

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What is Happening with the Partisan Covid Death Rate Gap?

I'd like to show you a fascinating graph. In fact, I'll show it to you a few times! It shows the number of people in the U.S. who died each

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Lunch is a salad featuring peas and nasturtium flowers from the garden. Farm share lettuce and tomatoes, home pickled red bell pepper and mushrooms. With a tasty honey and apple cider vinaigrette made with basil and dill from the garden.  And fat hunk of smoked salmon, omg so tasty.

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Back on the farmshare schedule, which means more weekly produce than we can actually deal with.  Today we get the new arrivals, so all the leftovers from last week got chopped into a veggie soup that can be frozen for later.  This is the happy rainbow of ingredients before I added broth and let simmer.  Just makes me happy :)

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It’s been a week and we are still prepping dirt bags with recharged soil. Most of the seeds haven’t shown yet but two wee little green residents of Broccoli Town have popped through! Also shown are Basil Town, Carrot Top Town and Leek Town. Which are all doing nicely so far.

Also currently germinating chick peas but they won’t be ready until Monday at the earliest.

Sunny day :)

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GARDENIA 2021

Finally worked up the will get started with the back porch garden this season.

What that meant today was ripping out all the leftover dried out remnants from last season, and starting to recharge the soil.  We got a couple bags of nutrients and figured out the ratio to old soil.  Then we began emptying out bags and rail planters, breaking up the compacted dirt, aerating and mixing it with the nutrients and refilling the containers.  We also filled a bunch of little seedling pots and set them up in the rebuilt greenhouse shelving unit thing.

Still more of this to do.  It’s not as sexy as handling the seeds or later gardening, but it has to get done and it feels like commencement.  A few rounds of this and things should be squared away and ready to receive seeds and hope!

Also, we bickered and fought over where things are going.  But then simmered down once the hands were in the dirt and we worked shoulder to shoulder.  It’s funny how that happens.  Gardening, y’all.

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The tomato from the garden got me about to risk it all.

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Lemon Blueberry Biscuits, Flour Tortillas, two loaves of Wheat Bread

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Scenes from early Autumn. 

In order:

Grape Tomato Town

Chili Town (flowers)

Chili Town (chilis!)

Kale Town

Chick Pea Town <3

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Cute little loaf of coconut bread but minced up a farmshare peach into the batter. So tasty! Plus today’s pluck of snap peas from the garden :9 this was breakfast, num!

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Today’s harvest for salad includes some snap peas and turnip greens :9

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THE WORLD IN CRISIS

Ok. So I was just today informed that most, if not all, of Cherry Tomato Town is actually....

GRAPE TOMATO TOWN

and that it’s not just a cosmetic difference. Grape tomatoes are about half the size of cherry tomatoes, with thicker skins. Grape tomatoes aren't as sweet as cherry tomatoes, and their flesh is meatier and less watery.

This changes e v e r y t h i n g.

Okay, maybe not, but now I have to update the tags :P  These tomatoes have been so ornery from the start, I have to say.

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New neighborhoods in Grape Tomato Town.