I'm back!

After a long absence, during which I finished and defended my Masters thesis, I am back to blogging. However, I'm still playing the overworked grad student card, so I'm just going to start by sharing with you my weekly farm share, and we'll see if I get motivated to add anything else (like finishing the post that I started almost 2 years ago entitled "Zircon: A geologic fairy tale").

In case you don't know, I'm a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and I'm enrolled in a farm share from Enterprise Farms (http://www.enterprisefarmcsa.com/).

Here's the first week's share:

It's all greens. There is some kale, rainbow collard greens, and bok choy for cooking, as well as an impressive collection of lettuces (red and green curly leaf lettuce, Romaine lettuce, and Boston lettuce). The most pleasant surprise of this week's share is the Boston lettuce (bottom right in the picture). The leaves have a really nice texture and it has an interesting taste. Unfortunately, the leaves have very deep furrows, which serve as an efficient sediment trap, but a little dirt never killed anyone, right?

Here's a picture (taken from the internet; http://www.ipt.us.com/produce-inspection-resources/inspectors-blog/produce-defects-and-grade-standard-changes/lettuce-standards/attachment/boston-lettuce) of Boston lettuce: