A quick update from the homestead:
Lady Avery has been doing some AMAZING jumping lately. We keep setting up barricades to keep her from wandering into the driveway (after a scary incident where our neighbor returned her, having caught her right before she walked out into the busy street)… and Lady Avery keeps jumping over every barrier! Yesterday we left her in her pen, which has a 36″ fence, and we found her wandering in the driveway at the end of the day… pen closed… somehow, she jumped over the fence!
So, there is clearly only one thing to do. Clip her wings. I’ll try to document the process. It’s kind of like giving someone a haircut. No pain or anything. But I haven’t clipped hers ever… I feel a little bad, but it’s for her own good.
The beans, peas & edamame I planted in the ground are all sprouting. Indoors, my pots of tomatoes, broccoli, basil, lettuce and onion are all poking up through the soil. This is a great place to be at for early March.
Last weekend we went to a dinner party, before which we provided the host with eggs, parsley and tomatoes from our garden. It felt great to be able to contribute to the meal with food we’ve helped bring into this world in one way or another.
Farmer market news – it’s heavy citrus season. I’m excited for the moment, any day now, when the market gets so glutted with grapefruits that big, beautiful ones are only 50 cents each. Then I’m gonna buy a bunch and make one of my all-time favorite sorbets: grapefruit champagne! YUM!! I love the flavor of grapefruit. And grapefruit in a frozen refreshing treat format is even better. mmmmm.
Also at the market — yummy young asparagus. More and more strawberries (the season never really ends her in Cali, it’s just a matter of how many are available and how cheap they are). Lots of greens. Apples. and as previously mentioned, citrus: oranges, grapefruit, mandarins, blood oranges, oro blanco, etc etc.
back to work!
