organic hail 1-3-10

Happy Purim!

We are taking a brief break between the rains and pirate voyages, Indian dancing and Bakoogan's wars (only people between the ages of 5 and 10 understand exactly what these are) to give you a little update from the garden. Thus, here's what the hail did:

- to the lettuce - The lettuces will not be delivered this week since they look like they've already been chopped for a salad. They will soon heal, grow new leaves, and make it to our plates, but not this week.

- to the swiss chard - The chard is beautiful and was almost, but not, delivered last week due to the abundance of broccoli that had to be picked; it might be delivered this week. Marks are from the physical blows of the hail; the chard is excellent for eating.

- to the cabbage - The cabbage heads are busted from the hail so you will not receive them this week, but if you have cabbage left from last week, you can pickle it and take it with you to the ship. This is one of the vegetables that maintains the quality of its vitamins when stored for a long time, if pickled. See recipes for pickling on the site.

This week's cold slowed the growth of our sprouts, life-savers during long periods at sea. So we'll fill each package with the same weight this week, but there will be many more units because they are younger - more health for us! (I hope we have enough...)

In their not so distant past, pirates endured large storms at sea and, as in nature there is no bad without good, even learned from the experience how to stay healthy for long months at sea without supplies of fresh produce. I'm directing you to a true story (!) that I wrote here http://maggiesgarden.co.il/english-newsletter-17-03-0/ (one of my better newsletters, according to my kids and my sister ...).

Nature reminds us there is no bad without good and there's always a balance. With this hail beating we got lots and lots of water! How great! Streams of water are flowing between the raised beds in the garden.

May all our lakes, aquifers, gardens, reservoirs, and buckets be filled, God willing, Inshallah!!

Pictures from winter two years ago:

Have a happy and balanced Purim,

Yours,

Maggie

Our expectation list for this week:
Tomatoes
Fennel
Cucumbers
Lettuce
Celery
Green garlic
Kohlrabi or beet
Swiss chard
Potatoes
Arugula or parsley

In the large ones also:
Turnip
Cabbage
Broccoli

In the fruit baskets:
Apples
Citrus
Bananas or avocados