Strawberry Week

 
    DH says I never do anything by halves.  We picked 15 lbs of strawberries yesterday, wanting to be sure we had enough for all the great recipes we wanted to try this year: strawberry scones from Cooks Country magazine, strawberry spinach salad from a lady at church’s recipe, Strawberry/Blueberry explosion ice cream (developed by B with his MomMom) freezer jam (which didn’t set up after all, but will be nice syrup on pancakes).   7lbs would have sufficed, I’ll look this up next year for reference!
    K didn’t want me to wear her in the Ellaroo, in any way I could tie her.  I used it as a blanket and laid her between the rows of strawberries.  She played with the leaves hanging over her head, then rolled most of the way over (she always gets stuck on her elbow) and tried to eat the straw.  I had B hold her and walk her around after that.
    The CSA we joined had to refund our money, the Lady starting the farm’s Mom had a stroke just at the critical point for planting most crops, then when her Mom died, her Father needed care.  So, she refunded our "pioneer member" investment, and will run a farm stand this year, maybe try a CSA again next year.  Her chicken coop and green house hoops should be all built, so there will be less to do next Spring, if her Dad is well.  I can’t fault her priorities.  So, I cashed the investment refund, and keep it in my purse for the roadside veggie stands that I passed by last year, because I only had my credit card on me.  We will still eat local vegetables this year.  Good thing we did plant our own garden patch though.