Yesterday ended up working out pretty well. I was in the garden picking squash and mid way through I sent a text to inquire about potential orders for them with the co-op. I was connected with our new procurement lead Carl and I am now setup for 400 pounds of squash for delivery on Tuesday. The 28 pounds I picked goes a good way towards that total and gave me 340 pounds of squash in the cooler.
While I was picking the squash I noticed some of the tomatoes had ripened. The first of the season! One of the true tastes of summer. It is a mix of Sun Gold and Red Cherry but the red is not super bright. It was only about half a pound but that is a good start.
12 cucumbers were ready with a couple wonky ones that are for us to eat. I have 50 listed for sale with 31 in the cooler already, I just need 19 more in the next few days, if I get orders for them.
I got a text back from Carl verifying the 400 pounds weight of squash which meant I had to go through all of the bags to cull anything that had turned. I tossed the bad out the window into the chicken yard and after I finished checking every bag and all the squash I had only culled about 15 pounds. The birds had a field day with the squash. I also kept out some that is still okay for us to eat but not for sale so that came in the house. The bag ended up being all the yellow squash which have the worst shelf life compared to regular green zucchini.
Our neighbor is an ass and went and threw rocks back into the pool covering up the area where the crawdads live. I again removed the rocks and we made some chalk signs to inform them that there is life where they keep trundling rocks. I can say I have way more gumption than him and will make sure to keep the pool as is.
You can't see it very well but it was the first bell pepper of the year. We stood in the garden and ate it between the two of us and it was delicious!
Today it is supposed to be 106°F then the cool off happens to 96 Sunday then 86 on Monday and showers. I'll take the cool down but it looks like it will be streaming smoke from the south at us. Hopefully the rains clear the air some. I'm not looking forward to tonight though as it's to be 70 for a low which will make getting the house cool overnight a bit of a pain. This morning I have picking as per the norm, I need to get the pantry shuffled so I can move the freeze dryer in there to run it so I can close the door and not let the machine heat up the house, and try to do some more organizing to hopefully get ready to do the laminate flooring in our bedroom.
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I am glad the order came in from the coop!
And I am glad I now have a porch for things like the dehydrators, getting the heat out of the house.