(No, not that kind of Roundup.)
New things:
- First day at the farmers’ market! We sold 7 $4 pints of plums. The booth fee was $12.50. So, not bajillionaires, but about in line with what we expected. And it was really good to have our first market experience be pretty low-key. Slow ramp-up is good.
First day at market!
- Braiding garlic: fun! Pretty!
- Cleaning fish: fresh sardines!
- Cooking sardines. My verdict: yum! Garth’s verdict: eh.
- I took my sewing machine apart to try to fix it. I didn’t break it further and it was cool to see its guts, but I also didn’t manage to fix it. Oh well, I have heard about someone who fixes Singer Featherweights for cheap, so maybe I’ll have fancy market aprons for us by next week.
- Bulk delivery of chicken feed. 57 bags is a lot! I found folks on Craigslist to share the order with us to get the total under 50 so we could save some money on delivery costs. It worked out pretty well (though it looks like they forgot to load 2 bags of oats for someone from Auburn, which sucks) and I figure we’ll be doing it again.
Not-new things that also happened this weekend:
- Made some butter from Fresh Breeze whipping cream, saving the buttermilk for frying chicken and/or making biscuits later this week. I froze one batch of butter into 1-tablespoon pats so I can bake with them more easily in the future. I got 30 tbsp from 2 pints of cream.
- Tilling continues at Johnson Farm (the Old New farm) as we prepare the ground for some fall crops and lots and lots of cover crop. The soil is compacted and dry and dusty so we are hoping that a good cover crop, chosen specifically to break up the pan, combined with lots of compost next spring, will really help it get going. The tomatoes and squash in the ground up there are doing pretty well despite the non-ideal soil.
- It’s OMG HOT here. I’m so grateful for our ceiling fan.
- I’m giving in and ordering some prescription sunglasses. My stylish hat alone just isn’t cutting it.
- We might have a few squash and cucumbers for sale next week, too. Or, I might just keep them and eat them.
- I didn’t get enough sleep. That one is *definitely* never new. I’m going to start going to bed now.
You do know someone who sews, if you need/want those aprons before your machine is fixed. I gots machines.
I’m so glad you got your stand up and running, though I do wish you a bit faster success. At least you did better than break even, though your time wasn’t compensated in cash. Glad it was in other ways.
I’ve got tomoato volunteers I threw in really bad soil and they are doing great too. Funny they don’t care much.
Stay cool. It’s now 84 inside and 76 outside at midnight. Sheesh!
Just noticed the roundup comment. No way will I use that vile stuff. Who knows what it’ll do to the environment. Their other products haven’t been so hot after a while.