Spinach

Early in the week Nichols had indicated that asparagus would be in the shares, but on Tuesday when we received the veggies from the farm, no asparagus and this spinach in it’s place today. Todd later sent a note apologizing and explaining that their asparagus crop was not what they had been anticipating. When Nichols saw the warm weather of this week in the forecast, they expected the asparagus to start popping off as the cold had slowed it down. Unfortunately, the dry spell we had been experiencing had left the soil hard packed so that the asparagus tips weren’t able poke through and out for harvest. Luckily, we’re flexible. This is a great example of the resilience and support that Community Supported Agriculture offers to farmers. If a grocery store or restaurant had ordered asparagus and a farm failed to fill that order, they probably wouldn’t order from that farm again. Us, we’ll roll with it and will happily eat some spinach this week.