I did not know that!

You know I'm quite a fan of fresh produce during the summer. I have access to it pretty much every day. I learn little things here and there about vegetables and fruit that I find quite fascinating for some odd reason. Anyway, yesterday after I had loaded up my car at the Nest and was waiting to leave, the farmer called us over for a little meeting before heading out. He does this often and our meetings are kind of more like mini sacrament meetings or missionary moments lol. He's so funny. Well, he told us a few things that, again, fascinated me. So I'm passing them on. We just got some red potatoes and garlic to sell at the stands. He kept emphasizing that we needed to tell people they were "new" potatoes. I thought this just meant the variety like CJ Hale peaches or brandywine tomatoes. Nope- new potatoes means they were dug this season. The potatoes in the grocery stores are old- as in "last fall's harvest and they store them" old. Same with the garlic- "freshly dug" was the tag line. And then! ( I know, the mind reels that there could be more), come to find out the same thing happens with apples! That's why they're all waxy and crap. The apples in the stores are from last fall's harvest. If you stop to think about that, it makes sense. Apples aren't even on yet...dah. Just so interesting to me.

Next, as you can see, my vast vegetable patch is finally producing! I've got yellow long necked squash and roma tomatoes. I've got to call Katie for her bruschetta recipe. I've also had a couple celebrity tomatoes but I eat them before I remember to take a picture of them. haha No cukes yet, though. I'm kinda sad about that- just lots of blossoms. Maybe I should do what Tagge's did and just uproot my life and become a farmer?