Week 14 of agricultural inundation

This week's haul:

a very large watermelon
a big bunch of bright lights swiss chard
2 heads of lettuce
8 biggish radishes with greens
4 leeks, slender but tall
a medium eggplant
an acorn squash
13 mid-sized carrots
11 tomatoes

And in other CSA news: they might end up not doing delivery next year, just pickup at the farm. I did this the first year, and it was a lot more of a nuisance, since the farm is in a corner of Waltham near Belmont that is pretty much near nothing in particular. It more than doubles my trip home to go there. Though it did mean if there was some pick-your-own stuff, I'd get it, rather than not. The part about this that is annoying is that the weekly newsletter points out that switching to farm pickup only will mean that lots of people will likely be able to get off the waiting list. Why are people on the waiting list better than people who already have shares? I don't understand.
Also, the price will be increasing (by how much, unclear).

For those who had expressed interest in getting a share: contact the farm [781 899 2403] to be put on the waiting list (apparently there are 40 people on the list already). They then take people off the list in February, after current share-holders have a chance to re-up in January, until they fill they number of shares.

Porch update: the mints foster on, and the oregano recovers. The ginger has sent up more shoots (I still don't know what to do with them). The basil remains a bit anemic, while the chives grow with abandon (and are budding again).
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Random stuff from last night

Seen in the parking lot at Trader Joe's: 4 rows of 8 troll dolls glued on the roof of a car. All different color hair, all of them that pot-bellied impish look, though in a couple of different sizes.

Great new innovation in ketchup: they now make plastic squeeze bottles that are designed to sit "upside down," so you don't have to wait to blorp your ketchup.

New vegan prepared food: lemon pepper tofu with mango chipotle suace, by tofu2go. They have a couple of different flavor variations of this, as well as some dessert pudding things, all designed, it seems, to make it easy to get soy in your diet without fussing. The tofu had a baked texture, and ok flavor, while the sauce was really nice. It would've been easier had the sauce not needed to be poured into something else first (the tofu is already in triangles). Not cheap, but I'd try their stuff again, especially if I were in a rush.

I made a couple of trays of roasted veggies yesterday on time bake, and came home to lots of rosemary goodness. I'd roasted beets along with carrots, parsnips, and onions, and of course they turned everything else interesting shades of magenta. I wonder if I could dye a t-shirt that color? What mordant would I need?
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The obligatory entry

( You decide if you're sick of these sorts of entries yet. )

Pooh is Jewish!

When I walked by Pooh's house [1] on my way to services this weekend, he was in, and had a honeybear full of honey visiting him, too.

[1] In a tree by the science center, on the way to the law school [2].
[2] Oddest converstaion starter this weekend: a guy asking me which pieces of art on the Harvard campus are my favorite. I think he was surprised when I said Pooh's house...

Weather

Windscape: boughs blowing,
grass rippling, water stippling,
blowing through my hair.

Scudding clouds, signs wave.
Broken branches, flapping flags.
Storm edges passing.