This leaves me to keep watch over Seamus, Alistair, and all the critters by myself. I am not complaining. Slowing down the pace and focusing on the farm and our youngest kiddos sounds perfect for the last weekend before Liam and Seamus start school. I cannot believe summer vacation is over already; I also cannot believe that I survived it!
Flying solo farm-style sounded completely manageable until I realized that it meant I was going to have to prepare this week's CSA baskets, at the height of the harvest season, while concurrently caring for two little monsters by myself. Eeks! A weekly harvest at this time of year takes a minimum of two hours and involves a lot of bending over which makes wearing Alistair in a baby carrier next to impossible.
Everything could have gone horribly but thankfully it did not. Seamus helped me in the garden for a bit and then played independently in his play structure. Alistair took a morning nap and then shrieked and screeched (mostly) happily in his exersaucer. The harvest did indeed take close to three hours but I got it done!
This week’s CSA basket includes: chard, flat leaf parsley, carrots, lots of jalapeños, yellow wax peppers, sweet chocolate peppers, a thai dragon pepper, yellow zucchinis, a red cabbage, tomatoes, cucamelons, snow and snap peas, yellow beans, daikon radishes, red radishes, sweet basil, kale, a sweet walla walla onion, chocolate mint, apple mint, oregano, sage, apples, and a dozen farm fresh eggs.
This week’s bonus item is homemade kombucha in four flavours: lychee, lemon ginger, blueberry mint, and rose petal blueberry.
There is lots still to do on the farm in the coming days so hopefully Seamus and Ali's helpful streak continues. I also promised Seamus that we would have some "fun" too. He had requested rock climbing so I will see if I can make that happen for him.
Have a wonderful and productive weekend everyone!
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