But wonderful memories they are! It’s about our members, old and new who have linked up with our small family farm in supporting us while eating better with their families. I have had so many delightful conversations about recipes and cooking; it has inspired my culinary palate. Throughout the twenty weeks, I saw members come together, many from diverse backgrounds and interests with the common goal of eating inspired this summer with seasonal, local produce.
Speaking of seasonal, I can close my eyes and take in a scent of basil, or tomatoes or musky potatoes and it immediately brings to mind a certain season. Recollections of sounds, scents and tastes are now but memories associated with our seasons. Spring is cold air, clammy soil, bright greens; fragrant with the fresh newness of life. Summer is about hot baking soil, welcoming rains to wet the dust, surprises as the plants cycle through blossoming, producing and yielding. Fall is the overwhelming feeling of awe and appreciate for the bounty, the taste of richness and earthy-ness which reminds us the winter is approaching.
It’s hard to believe all these memories can be packed into one 20 week season, but twenty weeks of your life can be spent with far less impact on you and the world around you.
The way I look at it, we fed about 40 families and more with our land, and
that makes the endless, countless hours of toil worthwhile. Plus it got me outside, closer to the ground and nearer to our Creator.
You can’t put a value on that memory! Cheers to our 2011 CSA… thanks for the memories!
