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It's the start of my weekend! I love working four 10-hour shifts during the summer.
Our weekly produce deliveries from Northern Harvest Farm started yesterday. We'll be getting deliveries every week from now until mid-October.
There is also a Farmers Market at UMD every Wednesday where I get some of my favorite things in the summer.
Wednesdays are like Christmas all summer long!
Tonight I put this dinner together with some of our Wednesday treats:

-Maple Cinnamon Almond Butter that I made last night
-Gooseberry jam from the Farmers Market
-Spinach, lettuce & broccoli from the Farm
-Greek dressing that Mikey made last night

It was the perfect light summer meal.

For our CSA, we split a produce box with Nikki and Henry and this is what we got this week:
Lots of spinach:
Bok Choy & Lettuce:
The little broccoli that could:
We live in Zone 3 for plant hardiness and so it takes a while for the plants to get going. It's pretty amazing that these farmers even have produce for us in June. They have quite a few greenhouses to expedite the process. We hope to attend some of the Farm festivities this summer (member potluck, farm tour, etc) to see what it takes to pull this off. I'll be sure to take some pics.

I also got a few things at the farmers market...
Shade loving Begonias for our garden:
Parsley:
Lots of basil:
Our attempt to start our own seeds this year did not go well and so we had to buy these starters. I'm hoping to get some more cooking herbs (rosemary, thyme, cilantro & tarragon) this weekend at our neighborhood farmers market (2 blocks from our house). I really appreciate living and working close to such great resources.

I'll be rising early on Saturday morning for Grandma's Marathon. I'm not running it but a number of our friends are so I'll be out cheering them on. I am however thinking of running the Midnight Sun 5k next week. I hope I can get Mikey to join me!