The Folks of Our Saturday

First off, thanks to DJ for showing the romance. It was super sweet to see our friend, DJ, be able to live his design for engagement and end up at his parents house with his whole family and youngin' friends to a thrilled and totally in love couple. Super fun. We are super happy for both him and Sar-ah.
The "they" say that when it rains it pours. The "they" also say, " Ask and yeeeee shall receive". Well, its been a busy summer June.
Pool dates with Jenine, Charlie... blackhawks games with good, old friends, lunches with even older friends, and many talks with farmers. I am beginning to see a culture of farmer thus far.... met three today. Three!
1 Type: The convert farmer. Grew up on a farm. Went to work in the office and watched beautiful days from a window and decided- noway.. and hit his 3 acres.
2nd Type> The Conspiracy Farmer with a Great Crop. This guy looks like Mark Phipps, yet seems more like the Jerry Garcia flying in his space sattelite above pretty Earth. From his Campbells Soup stacking donation to our backyard, to Monsanto, to Amish seedlings, and to rock and roll stars the conversation flowed. Turns out you should plant aspargus early, till the land with a disc on your 4 wheel drive, spend a year dispensing of tree limbs, and finally grow the finest looking herbs and onions this side of 290!
Onions Facts: Grow them till the chive bulb blossoms. Cook them down to break down the enzymes. Cut the green stems and freeze. Cut the white stems and freeze separately. The key move is to cook them first. We plan on buying 10 pounds next week to keep for the entire season and beyond. Fun.
3rd Type: The WI more corporate growing cherry farmer son. 23 acres of Cherry Trees. Harvested by walnut padded shaker machines and sent to the local factory for grocery store profits. Intersting, also.
Finally, the French Pastry making Nun. ALl we gotta say is "Bien Sur.... Increable!"
Ask and yeee shall receive.. well, farmers and farming talk received and expected to be continued. I frequently am taken by how much farming and how many farms there are when we head West. I always wonder why we don't know more farmers. TOday I meet three and realize in my family's history we already know four farmers. How come we all don't know at least one, I often wonder.. perhaps we all actually do.