Slowing Down in a Catawampus Season: Delivery 8

Almost Ripe

Baby Bears

This is a season of topsy-turvy surprises. Like how did the pumpkins get ripe before the tomatoes? Or the salad has grown strong almost all summer despite the big heat. What about the clouds of grasshoppers, when we've never even seen a hopper before this year?  There's no doubt about it weather and gardening know how is changing quickly. With this in mind I've been taking the following prescription for my befuddlement:

Just be still. Put down the tools. Stop the worrying about voles and moles. Find a shady patch of garden and simply sit there.

Bees LOVE the Corn Tassels

Sound simple? Well, it's the most difficult behavior in the world for this would be farmer. But I tried it again yesterday. I sat  down in the cool rustle of the corn rows. Silky fronds moved lightly across my neck. And then I heard it; not silence per se', but the bees. A thousand bees swarming and dancing and slinking their way through the tassels of pollen. There was a buzzing symphony of sweet contentment. There are no GMOs or sprays in this garden, so I knew the bees were safe. Then, listening to them I knew I was safe too.

Try the prescription sometime and simply stop, set everything down (and I mean literally empty your hands) and then just  be there the best you can. You may find some otherworldly visitors coming in the form of buzzing bees or the caressing hands of the rustling corn.

On Your Full Share Menu this Week.

• Alas, the tomatoes are still on the green side
• Ruby Queen Beet Greens
• Cylindra Beets
• Nantes Carrots
• Purple and Yellow Beans for 1/3 of the folks. More again next week.
• Venersborg Garlic
• Summer Salad Mix
• Mega Load of Lemon Cucumbers
• Armenian Striped Cucumbers
• Red Pontiac Potatoes
• Siberian and Russian Kale

The Pumpkins go into the root cellar until September.
Looks like just about everything else will come ripe next week including Squash, Tomatoes.

Thanks,
See You In The Garden,
Rick

(c) Copyright Moon Bear Produce, Rick Sievers, including words and all images except the bee, August 2015