The Milkweed Diaries

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Fruition


Our first tailgate market of the season was yesterday afternoon, and it was fabulous.

I harvested greens all morning while Christopher washed and prepped produce, dug spring garlic, and loaded the truck.

It's nice to feel like all of the gardening madness is coming to fruition a bit already, with so much food coming out of the hoophouse and kitchen garden beds that we had a bountiful offering at the market.

We sold out of pretty much everything, and loved connecting with the other vendors, friends, dogs, babies, and customers. A cheese and scallion scone from the Herban Baker with a dollop of Wild Ramp Goat Cheese from 3 Graces Dairy topped off the day.

More photos of our spring harvests are on our farm facebook page.

Today the rush continues: after I squeeze in a little non-farm work this morning, I'll be back at it in the garden, planting potatoes, giving all of the seedlings a little fish emulsion/kelp snack, potting up perennial herbs for the herb festival, and watering, which is a monumental task at this stage with all of the thousands of thirsty plant babies in the hoophouse. But yesterday it was nice to pause and reap the rewards.

Sorrel













Spring Garlic


















Heirloom lettuce by the head













Spring mix













Kale and Stinging Nettles

















Spicy Mustard Greens

4 comments:

Amber Pixie Shehan said...

I enjoyed meeting you guys yesterday! Here's to many more successful markets! *raises glass*

~Amber
Pixie's Pocket Honey

Aimee said...

Beautiful! Jealous!

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Milkweed said...

Amber, great to meet you too! And thank you, thank you Aimee. Onward!