Growing things and Speed Dating

I finally got my first harvest of tomatoes last week! They plants are growing like crazy and there are tons of green tomatoes so I was really excited to see some ripe ones.

  
Dining on my delectable harvest..

We've been doing a lot of harvesting at Seeley Farm as well. Besides the usual salad greens, we've been picking beets, carrots, kale, chard, and green onions. The other day we spent 3 hours harvesting garlic. So much garlic!!!

This Saturday is our first "weed dating" event. It's like speed dating but way cooler because you get to help out at a local farm and meet people while weeding with them. It's an open event for single locals or anyone who wants to meet people in the area. Come hang out!
 

Farms, Food, and Summer Swims

Last weekend was full of farms, food, and friendly faces. I Also finally finished the market banner for Green Things Farm that I have been working on for over a month! They had a dinner on the farm made by the chef and sous chef from the Jolly Pumpkin
with goat meat, goat milk, goat cheese, and greens from the farm. They made these awesome goat cheese donuts with goat milk caramel sauce that were addictive. I had like four of them. They also brought a small keg of an experimental beer made with hibiscus and peppercorns. It was a lovely red color and tasted tart and spicy.

 A band played and the weather stayed nice for the most part, with only a light sprinkling in the beginning. They gave a farm tour and everyone seemed to have a great time. We stayed late to help clean up and of course to drink more beer and talk until it got dark. Around 11:30pm we all started yawning and headed home. That's farmers for ya.

 

Later that weekend My roommates and I partook of one of our usual summer traditions; we rode our bikes up to barton pond to go swimming. (I conveniently parked my bike to block the "No Swimming" sign) It was hot and muggy but the water was so refreshing. These days are what summer is made of.