Week 2

Today's produce list.

A deconstructed box.

A few of Lisa's lovely bouquets.

This year's first tea harvest.

Parsnips on the left, two buckets of shelling peas and leeks in the back.

A few strawberries today.

Kale hydrating in the cool water near our pallet table.

Some of the last green onions that overwintered.

Colorful crisp Swiss Chard.

Leeks.

Rosemary lemon biscuits.

Split pea lovage soup to go with the yummy biscuits.

Cucumbers and onions in a vinegar and water blend.

Rosemary and lemon butter for the biscuits.

The little helpers eating their lunch at their table.

And then there was dessert.
Anna even made us home made strawberry ice cream.

Angie and Wyatt are figuring out how to 
tackle the lovage for the boxes.

Sweet Sicily. 
All parts taste like a mild black licorice. 
Some people use it as a sweetener. 

Tarragon awaits cutting. 
It grows in Mom's herb gardens just outside of the farmhouse.

Dividing up the kale evenly.

Greenhouse cucumbers are healthy and crisp.

On the left is tarragon, then lovage and lastly sweet Sicily. 
All are hydrating in fresh water.

Swiss Chard needs larger tubs to get its stems all in water.

The tea from Dad's tea hedge.

Florencio shows off the beets. 
The circle within a circle ones are called Chiogga. 
There are a few golden beets here, too.

Anna cuddling her new little man while she writes today's list.

The bouquet she picked out for her family.

Pale pink roses with pale pink Sweet William goes well with Bells of Ireland.

Chris helps strip leaves off the flowers for Lisa in the flower house. More hands make for lighter work.

See you next week for Week 3 goodies.  

Lorrie