Puddles!

Rain, beautiful rain. Or as Luke Bryan sings "Rain is a good thing". Well, we weren't singing this tune earlier this year when too much rain delayed planting by almost a month. But after at least two straight weeks of above average temps and no rain, today was a blessing. I almost forgot what a puddle in the driveway looked like. Of course the chickens were happy pecking around in the mud to find tasty worms and such. The best conversation of the day was over the cell phone between Mike and one of the boys that works for us. It went something like this. E. "We are picking blueberries and it's raining really hard." Mike "yes." E. "Do we still need to pick the blueberries?" Mike "yes, just like last year, you do have to pick in the rain. There is market tomorrow." These kids worked for us last summer too so it was sort of funny. They know that we all work outside rain or shine. Thunder and lightning is different, but rain just gets you wet.

So Fridays are market prep day as produce for the two largest markets of the week and about 1/3rd of the CSA's needs picked and packed for tomorrow. Our kitchen was filled with the likes of onions, blueberries, sprouts (broccoli, arugula, popcorn and radish this week) and a few radishes. Since we don' t spray radishes, we had to throw some out that were eaten by insects, but a few bunches will be going to market.

Tomorrow, Mike has an early and busy day at market and I have a late and busy day of fun. Works out good since I'll be around to do morning chores and Mike will be around for evening chores. I'll take my day off though since the last two weeks have contained lots of long hours at work for me. Zac Brown Band and Dave Matthews Band concert tomorrow for me. So excited!