Anyone Want Some Garden-Fresh Produce?

Here’s what I learned today from the Irving Schoolyard Garden:

Squash plants are prickly and sharp as knives. Or at least their leaves can be as sharp as razor thin paper.

I know this because my fingers are have little slits all over them. I didn’t even know it was happening until I felt the sting a little later.

But for my troubles, I got basket loads of delicata squash, cucumbers, muskmelon, a red onion, a shoot of broccoli that’s starting to flower, and enough green beans to feed a couple families.

All this during a CSA week. We pick up our box tomorrow. I’m expecting a load of tomatoes, basil, melon, beets, onions and carrots. Oh, and did I mention that I’m working the Oak Park Farmers Market this weekend?

This overabundance of veggies has me in a sharing mood. I’m tempted to bring bags full of cukes and squash to school tomorrow and just hand them out.

Or maybe I’ll do that after school on Friday when the bell rings.