I know, it’s almost the end of spring. But there is another season for us here on the farm. It is one that we brought upon ourselves. it is called “CSA Season” –
We decided late summer last year that we should expand our gardening efforts and start providing wholesome, nutrient-rich, chemical-free foods for those in the greater Cincinnati area that wanted it.
Here it is the first week of June, and we will be passing out “shares” of food tomorrow, Saturday the 5th for the first of 20 weeks to come. We will also be passing out a few shares on Wednesday for those that can’t make Saturdays. The food comes from our own garden beds, which means that we’ll need to get up early and pick.
It has taken a lot of planning, purchasing, scheduling and lots of hours toiling in the gardens, orchard and everywhere else around here to get to this point. For some reason, I assumed that, once we got to this point in the adventure, I would be able to put my feet up for a spell and reflect on all of that hard work, time, money and planning to see how we have done. Unfortunately, the plants, weather and customers warrant more work, instead of allowing me that time of reflection. I suspect it won’t come until some late night in November, while I sit with my lovely wife in front of the wood burning stove – a peaceful, comfortable spot where we tend to stare at the flames and chat about things past, present and future.
As a good friend once said “it takes a lot of work to live simply…
–Pat









