I got a fair amount of gardening finished yesterday, which was nice. I have a ton of turnips with underdeveloped roots (I’m hoping they just need a bit more time), some immature broccoli, tons of nice basil, and chives. I also tore out a bunch of lettuce, which ended up in the compost pile, because it had gone to seed. I now need to think about what to put in the now-available area. It has to be a late grower, considering the season is particularly short around here.
I had the best of intentions with the lettuce—I was planning on using it all. But then we got so much from the CSA that I just couldn’t do anything with it. By “so much,” I’m talking 5-6 heads of various types every week. That’s a lot, even split between two people.
The lettuce seems to be reducing slowly, something for which I have only joy. I feel like I don’t want to look at lettuce ever again in my life. I have no trouble eating seasonally if this ends up being how I feel about so much of the food that I end up with. Maybe I’ll be ok with lettuce again by next June.
Anyway, other than the lettuce-stravaganza, I love the CSA. It pretty much is all my food other than a few staples like beans, onions (we get some, but not enough for me), garlic (ditto), etc. Plus I’m trying out things I ordinarily wouldn’t get, like parsley. It’s quite fun.
Soon, though, I’ll need to make my annual roasted chile purchase. I’m looking forward to that. I’ll have to check out the farmers’ market on Saturday and see what my options are. I haven’t actually used quite all my prior order, so I’m thinking I might only get five bushels or so. I love it.
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