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What's in the box this week
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Content differences between Family and Small
Shares are in red; items
with a "+" in
Family Shares are more in quantity than in Small; anticipated quantities, if
any, are in parentheses, as are the source of any produce if not from Live Earth
Farm (LEF). Occasionally content will differ
from this list (typically we will make a substitution), but we do our best to
give you an accurate projection.
[go to recipe database]
Family Share
Basil
Broccoli
Carrots
Kale
Lettuce +
Peppers, sweet +
Potatoes +
Radishes
Spinach
Summer Squash
Plums (inside your box!)
Strawberries (inside your box!)
Apricots (separate/outside the box)
Small Share
Broccoli
Carrots
Kale
Lettuce
Peppers, sweet
Potatoes
Radishes
Spinach
Summer Squash
Strawberries (inside your box!)
Apricots (separate/outside the box)
Extra Fruit
(always see checklist at your pickup site for final quantities)
Apricots, Blackberries or Raspberries, and Strawberries
Fruit Bounty
(always see checklist at your pickup site for final quantities)
Apricots, Blackberries or Raspberries, and Strawberries
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Children - Teachers in the Art of Living in Amazement
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Our Mini-Camp is always an eye-opener of how quickly children tune into and connect with the farm environment. Throughout the weekend 12 families experienced a slice of farm life by participating in the daily chores: milking goats, feeding animals, braiding garlic, collecting eggs, baking pizzas, picking fruit, and digging potatoes. I was exhausted on Sunday noon when families broke camp to head back home, but pleased to see the dirt and fruit juice stains on the children's clothes and faces. I dare to hope that these also reflect the memories of the land that will stay in their minds and hearts.
The reward of being a CSA farmer is to know the people who receive the food we grow, the camp although limited in the number of people who can attend, is a wonderful way to do that. It is the children who inspire me the most with their constant level of amazement. The farm seems to encourage their spontaneity and imagination as they dash to the chicken coop, the goat pen, the strawberry and blackberry patch. While harvesting potatoes the shapes of the fingerling potatoes become alive as cats, bears, or noses. The amber looking sap on the apricot trees are more interesting than the orange sweet fruit hanging on the same branch and are carefully inspected and stored in their pockets like little treasures. The chicken-coop was continuously being patrolled to snatch the eggs from underneath the chickens as they were being laid.
A community supported Farm like ours brings food alive with the possibility to nurture not just the body but our hearts and minds as well. First hand farm experiences such as the Mini-Camp can nurture a child's creativity, idealism and most importantly strengthen their spirit of amazement of nature.  Young people will face the greatest challenge of reversing the damage that has been inflicted on our environment. I am hopeful that the increased experience of children and young adults to growing food sustainably keeps this spirit of amazement for nature alive. Eventually it is this amazement which will spark new leaders who will battle to save our natural world and stand for the greater justice for all people.
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Notes from the field
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Never has the fruit been so abundant. I don't hear anyone complain, four different fruit all in one week. This is the last week of apricots, it's a short three week season, so enjoy, and make time for an apricot moment this week. I am happy we planned ahead and made jam with all our extra fruit. All in all, almost 5000 8oz. jars of apricot, plum, blackberry, and strawberry jam, of which most will go towards our winter shares, some to farmers markets and/or directly offered as gift packages.
 With the kids we picked the first ripe tomatoes both cherry and dryfarmed.
The peppers are abundant and the eggplants are just starting to size up. I hope in another 2 weeks we'll have our long awaited green beans. The winter squash have all been transplanted, fingerling potatoes will be harvested soon for the shares, the kids dug some up this weekend and they were a hit for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. |
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Website Problems
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Notes from Debbie's Kitchen
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Debbie was out of town and so unable to prepare recipes for this week's newsletter -- she'll be back next week!
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| CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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For details on events listed below, please Click here to go to the calendar page on our website.
Santa Cruz Permaculture Design course - one weekend/month for 6 months, Feb-July
Herbalism Classes at Live Earth Farm:
<>Herbal First Aid - March 15-16
<>Medicine Making - May 10-11
<> Cooking with Herbs - July 19-20
Apricot U-pick - Saturday July 5th, 10am - 5pm. $2/lb. Bring your own bags!
Children's Mini-Camp - July 11th - 13th (**sold out**)
Fall Equinox Cob Building Workshop and Campout - Sept. 20 and 21
Fine Farm Feast - postponed to 2009
Fall Harvest Celebration - Saturday Oct. 11th (more details as it gets closer!)
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