The rains have returned to Cane Creek and the plants are looking great. This week I will be getting a LOT of heirloom tomatoes (just like last week) in all shapes, sizes and colors.
The first blueberries of the season are arriving as well as the first tomatoes grown outside the hoop house. The farm is drying up (if you have ever been there you will know that the opposite is usually the problem) and seems to keep missing the isolated storms that soak nearby areas.
Portland Fruit Tree Project is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization based in Portland, Oregon. Their mission is to increase equal access to fresh, healthy food and foster stronger communities by empowering neighbors to share in the bounty and care of urban fruit and nut trees. They strive to increase community knowledge-sharing and self-sufficiency through education in food preservation and fruit tree cultivation. The organization maintains a fruit tree registry and holds harvesting parties, group harvests, tree care workshops, and fruit preservation workshops.
Neighborhood Fruit is a Google map mashup that shows citizens of San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles (as well as a growing list of other cities) where to find fruit growing on public land. In other words, fruit you can forage for yourself at no cost!
Fruitful Alpharetta is an idea that I started turning in my head last year but just didn't get going. Now that my schedule has cleared up a bit I would like to try again to get this project off the ground. Fruitful Alpharetta would model itself after the Portland Fruit Tree Project with a few possible adaptations to meet the needs of the Alpharetta community. What I need to get this going are a few proactive people willing to sit down and brainstorm with me...then determine the required first steps.
The summer CSA is off to a good start at Cane Creek Farm in Cumming and it is time for me to plan our meals for the week based off what we get in the share.
Here is the list of what we are getting this week:
My good friend Pattie Baker created a fantastic short video tour of the new Alpharetta Community Garden at Wills Park and I wanted to share it with you:
The summer CSA is off to a good start at Cane Creek Farm in Cumming and it is time for me to plan our meals for the week based off what we get in the share.
Here is the list of what we are getting this week:
The bones from the roast chicken will go into a pot of water with the spring onions, green garlic, some celery and carrot to make a stock for tortilla soup.
