No surprise that today was a big harvest day. Over 200 pounds! After all, last Saturday was Labor Day weekend and we were closed along with the Lexington Food Pantry. So, we basically harvested two weeks’ worth. Thankfully, there was no rain or wind this morning to contend with…all that bad weather was overnight. Thanks to the extra folks who helped out along with members of the Chinese Bible Church, Hancock, First Parish, Arlington Ward of the Latter-Day Saints, St. Brigid’s and St. Nicholas congregations. We were able to deliver everything to the food pantry well before 9am.
This crew delivered the first load of produce. We had tomatoes, potatoes, yellow and green squashes, chard, green peppers, beans, cucumbers, eggplant, radishes, beets, grapes, carrots, lettuce, arugula, butternut squash and herbs
See those 34 pounds of potatoes peeking over the edge of the cart? This young volunteer helped dig them up on Tuesday. They had been left in the barn wrapped in newspaper to keep them away from the light so they wouldn’t start to turn green. (A mild toxin.) In the interim, the dirt dried and this morning they were cleaned off and loaded in the cart.