week 18/2020

time flies!

only one more day of April.
We here in the garden barely notice the lock down, we work, work, work,
weed and seed, transplant and harvest in our own little bubble, getting plenty of workout without ever leaving.
a big THANK YOU to my garden helpers Judy, Aki & Erika, and my mom, of course
one should think this is all about getting work done, but it is not,
it is much more about human contact, however socially distant, in times of human isolation,
about chatting the time away while we get things done,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

biggest news this week:

we will attend Suwanee Farmers Market Saturday  May 2nd, 8-12

please remember Suwanee Farmers Market does not allow sales of cottage food items.
If you want to pick up jams, jellies or dehydrates at the Suwanee market,
please pre-order “for pick-up only”.
Is it OK if I am excited and scared at the same time?
This will be my first time and I have no idea what to bring, how much to bring, how to keep my greens from wilting,
please bear with Mom and me thru this learning phase.

not much else going on this week,
I finally put one of mom’s favorites on the market



she puts this powder in everything she would use veggie broth in, like bread dumplings, Gulasch, stir fries, … or plain water to make veggie broth

at home ‘Suppengemüse’ is a common item you get in every supermarket as a mix of fresh vegetables, containing a piece of celeriac, celery, lovage or parsley, a piece of leeks or onion greens, and always a carrot, tied together with thread into a bundle
usually not as pretty and fresh as this:
  

think you would want such bundles of mixed veggies for cooking broth?
I will offer for a while and go from there, fair enough?

what else is new?
more tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash planted
kales and collards are on their last leg, if you are a kale or collard lover, stock up now, both freeze well when blanched, for smoothies, soups, pancakes I keep offering kale powder.

looking forward to seeing you in Suwanee

your humble veggie gardener
Eva