There is something amazing about doubt, and I think it's the fact that, many times, it's linked to nothing in reality. Garett and I have a favorite saying, and that is "Look at it. No! Look at it with your real eyes!" We stole this from comedian Loiue CK, who did a sketch about a passenger trying to stuff a gi-normous piece of luggage into a tiny overhead bin on an airplane. We've all seen it, the passenger crying out 'It'll fit! It fit last time!', without realizing that the circumstances (ie; the plane) may have changed.
I am delighted today to say that my farmvision today simply was the opposite of this scenario... My brain was screaming 'Nothing's growing and it's not gonna work!', only to arrive in the field today to see cabbage, spinach and cilantro triple the size of three days ago, and the beets, carrots, chard, and onions bright and happy. The sugar snap and shell peas are fighting the Oregon Giant Snows for the height trophy, and my tomatoes are busting a yellow flower or two on their brand new fruit sets! It just goes to show you that sometimes, even when doubt is great, the world's out there just waiting to prove you wrong. You just have to look at it with your real eyes. Here are the pics from the past two weeks:
May 16
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| Rachel and Monica transplanting eggplant! |
May 17
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Anya, laying out our gorgeous tomatoes in order of
color for our Rainbow Row! |
May 21
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Megan transplanting red bell peppers in the
Gun Club Road Demo Garden. |
May 23
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| Just a little farmer's market prep and run through!!! Like the booth?? It's not near complete...But! It'll look even better filled with veggies! |
May 24
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| The reason it's so good is because they put a little love in it. Rachel and Mitty dancing in the kitchen during a Wonderland Farm recipe tasting. |
May 25
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| Katie and Teddy sporting the Wonderland UniCorn Tank! |
May 31
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| Just makin' sure they're in the ground good... |
Jun 1: Epic Farm Day, Trellis Project
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So lucky to have Ryan for the trellising project. Here
he's cross bracing the trellising end post with baling twine. |
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Jesse stringing twine for trellising out eight varieties
of heirloom tomatoes. Each plant can weigh up to fifty pounds
when fully grown and producing! |
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Katie, Jessie and Rachel. Trelissing and fence repair extraordinaires.
That was their title for the day. |
Jun 7
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Our prize Striped Germans!
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Bonus Foto(s):
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Beautiful Bright Lights Baby Chard. Rainbow Edition, of course.
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Rachel and Mitty practicing the "Kaplan Method" for weeding. FYI, this is no (says Katie).
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An All Red Potato plant. Notice the rosy interior coloration on the leaves.
They're gonna be spectacular! |
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Me and Megan's ridiculously great baby, Phoebe, givin' those peps a dirty look.
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Mountain dove's nest, view from the deck.
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Oh yeah, I took these men to a dangerous old- timey sawmill. And they loved it. Mitty's carrying a whole tree we used for trellising end posts.
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| Pocket musk melon anyone? So excited to see our Sivan Heirloom Melon making an appearance! |
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Best crew ever. Mitty, Rachel and Ryan taking a post to the resident carpenter, my dad!!
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This cilantro tastes even better that it looks. And to all those haters out there,
even Rachel has created a recipe for cilantro dressing that she loves! And
she's the biggest cilantro hater of all of you! |
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Rudy needed a place to sit after the end of Jessie's
long day. |
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| Napa Cabbage... See the heart?! |
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Just so excited! Our first micro harvest! A few leaves
of palm sized spinach leaves to saute for dinner.
It's not much, but it sure did taste sweet! |
Well, twenty five pics per blog may be my new record, and I even thought I gave a pretty good life metaphor (simile?) in the opening paragraph. Maybe it's a moral. Something like; No matter what you're thinking, you're still growing. My farm showed me that today. Thanks everyone for viewing and thanks especially to my unmatched and excellent farm team. You are inspiring.
XO,
Val
