July 20

Wow. Is it really July 20th? That is so hard to believe.

Anyway, today, like the last 7 Tuesdays (also hard to believe!) was CSA packing day. We were able to do quite a bit of the harvesting earlier, so it went pretty quickly considering what was packed in the boxes.

Zucchini, yellow squash, kale, green beans, carrots, lettuce, cukes (for the full-shares only this week), broccoli, and the surprise star of the box....SWEET CORN!!!! (It was a surprise because she didn't realize there was so much ready to pick. Her dad came over with a sample cooler-full--right before lunch....gee, what are we going to do with that!?!?!?--and said he'd help harvest it if she wanted it today.)

It all looked so beautiful and delicious!

The boxes that get picked up in the town of Alma were brought to their site today. The rest will go tomorrow to the towns of Fountain City, Trempeleau, Holmen and Winona.

There was just so much food. It blows my mind a little. 66 lbs each of carrots, green beans and broccoli, 68 large handful-sized bunches of kale, 294 ears of corn, 176 each of  yellow squash and zucchini, and almost 40 pounds of leaf lettuce. Can you imagine 40 pounds of leaf lettuce looks like? Or 300 ears of corn?

We are having a stir-fry tonight for dinner. Can't wait to see what "leftovers" make into the pan!!!