By Ellie
I love to read and this past week I started rereading Harry Potter! I remember a couple months ago when we spent days planting potatoes in our field called “Lupin”, I thought about Harry Potter constantly (since there is a character in the series called professor Lupin for those who don’t know). Since then I’d been thinking about rereading the books since I’d only read them for the first time last summer!
Deciding to start reading the series again was hard for me because I have this reading goal on an app called Goodreads and for some reason in my mind I wanted them all to be new books that I’d never read before to contribute to this goal. I thought rereading books wouldn’t count toward the goal so I couldn’t bring myself to read Harry Potter again. But I feel like in our society there is a pressure to always be productive and sometimes it manifests in weird ways like me not letting myself read the books I want. I’ve been wanting to read Harry Potter for MONTHS and I wouldn’t let myself do it until now and I actually feel so excited about it! So what if I’ve read them before, I’m still reading and I decided they will still count towards my reading goal!
Another thing my decision has made me think about is the passage of time and how things come back which I frequently think about while farming. I thought about Harry Potter for days on end a few months back while planting potatoes on the back of the tractor and harvesting those potatoes about 2 weeks ago is what made me start reconsidering rereading the series again. Now I’m happily listening to the audiobooks and eating our delicious potatoes. What I’m trying to say is don’t let months go by not doing what you really want to do just because it’s not “productive”.
By the way, I’m a Slytherin :-)
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CSA Barn Hours:
Current Summer hours: 2:30-6:30 PM
(Winter hours: 2:30-6PM)
Pick List:
Eggs
Red Gold Potatoes
Yaya Carrots
Rhonda Beets
Pink Beauty Radishes
Finale Fennel
Ailsa Craig and Red Long Onions
Parade Scallions
Poinsett 78, Green 18, and Silver Slicer Cucumbers
Addis and White Heron Pickling Cucumbers
Mutabile, Goldini, and Cocozelle Summer Squash
Diamond and Annina Eggplant
Sweet Corn
Lettuce
Cabbage
Dazzling Blue Kale
Champion Collard
Rhubarb Chard
Regiment Spinach
Tomatilloes
Tomatoes
Hot Peppers
Basil, Dill, Parsley, and Cilantro
Melons and/or Watermelons
Strawberries
Pick your own raspberries, cherry tomatoes, padron peppers, green beans, ground cherries, flowers, and herbs
Sonora Wheat Flour
Tea Blends (Please BYO jars!)
Beef Bone Broth for sale! (Made by Olla Products)
Saltonstall Olive Oil for sale (Please BYO jars!)
Revolution Bread for sale on Tuesday
My grandma’s zucchini bread!
I’ve made this a couple times this summer so far and it’s so good and nostalgic every time.
1 and 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Combine dry ingredients then add:
1 cup sugar
1 and 1/2 cup shredded zucchini
1/4 cup oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes