Friday = market prep day.
Today is the day I make my calls to the farmers' who send their extra produce for me to sell at the farmers' market in Seaview, S.P.A.C.E. (Seaview Performing Arts Center for Education). First thing, I send out a reminder email to everyone on the Koa'e Community listserv to try and enlist new market contributors and remind regular contributors that I'll be calling to check in. Then I make arrangement for any harvest/pickups that need to happen today, for people who don't live on Papaya Farms Rd.
Just got back from Akua Ike, Tom's place. Enjoyed some casual talk story time before hitting the orchards. Checked on the fruit fly traps in the citrus orchards and made some adjustments. The fruit flies seem to like the oranges, the navels, in particular. Harvested: grapefruit, tangerines, navel and "regular(?)" oranges and acerola cherries. Came home to a turkey sandwich and black butte porter for lunch. Mmmm hmm.
Still have to go harvest lilikois from the 10 vines on this farm. Clip the stems. Wash in the catchment. Then load the truck up with all the stuff for market tomorrow: tables, buckets, boxes of fruit, signs, scale, fabric, etc...
Then I'm pau. Tell 5am, tomorrow. :)
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