our organic cummunity
Dear garden community, happy rain and much of it,
Notices:
1. In the next weeks we will incorporate some new products from several more small local producers, based upon our faith in a healthy local economy, beneficial in many ways.
2. This week we have additional healthy green edible broccoli leaves and passion fruit. I added propolis, honeycomb, diffrent special honey and pollen. In addition, we will have a new delivery of fresh ginger.
3. The mushroom season is during the wet season.
4. I'm looking for help with the overall management of the garden project. Please spread the word to people who are responsible, have wide shoulders, clear thinking and problem solving, that are not afraid of hard work and are available and looking for a challenging and variable job in unconventional hours.
5. Thanks to all that are involvd with this project - family, workers, farmers, and basket consumers that allow the production of our healthy, local, sustaining community.
6. This week I'm attaching, especially for the receivers of boxes, an information sheet with some of the additional products available to you.
Good week,
What can I tell you - It's raining!! And that always causes great happiness. The amount of rain this winter is very average so far. I'm so happy that we are not extremely below the yearly average and I hope it will continue. This weekend is full of much rain, blessed rain that is not interfering with our work days.
The heavy cold, and it gets really really cold out in the garden, slows down the plant growth and makes it very hard for us to predict what will ripen and the produce we will have available at picking time. Last week the cauliflower was smaller than expected and the pea plants produced much less than we wanted. In the hotter sunny days you can actually see with your eyes the growth of the leaves and flowers in the garden... However, in the winter it often happens that I anticipate that a certain vegetable will be in our boxes this week but by the time of picking I feel it would be a waste to pick it so early.
Not long ago it was the American thanksgiving holiday. Now that I'm somewhat more organized regarding all of the changes due to the expansion of the garden-project and the increase in the number of products (which is now very wide and varied -- we are sending out an information sheet, especially for our regular clients that are used to receiving our normal weekly boxes), I feel it is now time to say my thanks.
Thanks to my family, that each contributes in his/her own way: consulting, translation, packing, ideas, facility maintenance, babysitting, encouragement, good cheer and therapy when needed.
To the team that works with me that accepted many difficult changes, that bore my tension, that help me learn and that work very hard preparing each and every box for all you veggie lovers.
And to you, the amazing community that formed around the garden - that accept our mistakes with understanding, that understand the changes in the boxes according to what nature throws our way (currently an abundance of healthy leaves and mud...) that encourage and frequently propose innovative ideas and, most of all, allow the existence of the garden and the many cooperative relationships with other organic farmers and producers.
I am very grateful for the entire community surrounding the garden, and to our amazing nature.
Maggie
And our expectation list for this week
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Rocket
Cabbage
Beet
Lemons
Fennel
Cherry tomatoes-Tamar
celery
Larger ones also
Sweet potato
Carrots
Parsley
Dill
Fruit baskets
Grapefruit, pomelos, apples and bananas or avocados