July 29, 2016
Week 12
Here are some of the
items you may be receiving in your delivery this week:
Assorted Summer
Squash, Green/Purple Peppers, Mesclun, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Cucumber- either
Holland White or Green, Early Tomatoes, Dill, Mixed Color Beets
Here at the farm this
week the garden continues to battle the drought. A water truck was brought in
on the 24th as the incredible storm which hit Halifax on Saturday
completely missed us. We did receive a beautiful rain shower Sunday afternoon.
Your farmer was dancing up there getting absolutely soaked and smiling and thanking
the heavens. As soul-touching as it was, it unfortunately only soaked in a little.
Tuesday morning
brought light rain. 3 beautiful hours of light drizzle which when I put my
fingers into the soil after it had soaked in… 1 inch. Unbelievable. The soil is
so dry that any water that hits, immediately gets soaked up before it can
trickle down lower.
The next disaster to
hit the farm was the barn well pump died Tuesday. Choice words were coming out
of my mouth that morning I’ll tell you. I did my best but ended up needing to
wait for help. Rain was on the horizon for Friday. Prayers went up but no rain
came down.
Saturday was spent
with a friend troubleshooting the pump and finally we were able to get it
working but couldn’t get it to hold pressure. Further depressing news was the
well had lost over 8 feet of water due to the water table being so low. We got
back at it on Sunday morning at 6am and finally by 9am we had pressure. The
garden was then watered until 10 when it became too hot and then continued
around 5pm.
I spent the rest of
the day weed whacking the fence line. My back is now in agony after those 4
hours but it’s done. Whew.
This week’s share has
many different items as the allotment continued to be low. This week has
brought many heart breaking moments especially Saturday morning when I realized
we had lost the newly planted lettuce. After getting water on the plants, I am
so incredibly relieved to see the plants coming to life. Beans are even
forming!!! There is hope for a bountiful second half of our season!
The Dill in this week’s
share is gorgeous. Fragrant, tender and incredibly flavourful. The boys and I
usually use it with our salmon on the BBQ with lemon juice. Sometimes we make a
dill sauce.
A couple dollops of Plain
yogurt
Chopped Dill fronds
Lemon Zest and Lemon
juice to taste
Pepper to taste
Mix together. This can
be made ahead of time for the flavors to blend and become even better.
Hope you all have a
great long weekend.
Your Farmer,
Amber
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