On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other hazards
Joyce Bupp
This is not really normal.
But some abnormal things are
really appreciated.
What spurred that mental de
bate was plunking armloads of
purchases down on the kitchen
counter. Contained in the two,
nondescript plastic bags was an
assortment of treasure. Inexpen
sive treasure, but treasure for
sure. Because none of the con
tents of the bags normally or nat
urally occurs hereabouts in this
season of fickle, April-foolish
weather.
Crinkly-crisp, deep-green spin
ach. Cherry-red radishes. A loose
head of lettuce, a deep crimson
blush accenting the end of each
green, fluffy leaf. Bananas, hard
fleshed and lime-colored, to be
held in a cool spot to ripen. While
waiting, we could snack on al-
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ready ripened ones purchased
just days earlier from the same
location.
One Yellow Delicious apple
tumbled out of one bag, its freck
led, greenish-golden skin attest
ing to growth in the natural sum
mer sunshine and rains (though
they were sparse) of our locale.
This favorite fresh market, a
mere two minutes from our front
door, often offers customers an
apple for the road. On this day,
the apple got the whole way
home before I got a bite from it.
Before becoming a snack soon
after, it found temporary lodging
with four plump, plum tomatoes,
firm, red and ready to flavor
cheeseburgers planned for eve
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In early April, none of this
fresh, tasty food is normal for
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here, or for now. Granted, we
take its availability as an every
day occurrence. But it is not nor
mal. How many fresh things do
you suppose we would be chop
ping and shredding for fresh sal
ads and snacks about now if we
had to plant, raise, harvest and
store it ourselves?
We might have spinach some
where about, if we had paid at
tention and seeded some last fall.
How spinach would have weath
ered this winter and how far
along in growth it would be is un
certain. No way could it be any
nicer than the fresh, picked,
packaged bag of it washed, air
dried, and refrigerated tucked be
tween paper towels in a plastic
container.
True, there could be some
flavorless, shriveled carrots or
parsnips or turnips lingering in
ground cellar storage. If they
hadn’t spoiled. Perhaps some
sprouting, poor-textured, also
shriveling potatoes. A few apples
going mushy. That would be nor
mal for now if the only fresh
fruits and veggies were those we
could raise and store ourselves.
But, especially with punches of
cold still swatting us with snow
and flurries, there’s just nothing
fresh outside yet to pick. Even
the dandelion isn’t quite ready.
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A tiny row of radish seeds has
sprouted at a sheltered corner of
the greenhouse, but they’ve bare
ly pushed leaves, much less edible
flesh. And the loose-head-lettuce
seed sprinkled next to the radish
row has a long way to go before it
becomes mature enough for sal
ads. That is, if we can keep a
plump backyard bunny making
its rounds from nibbling it as fast
as it grows.
Tomatoes, which seem like
precious jewels about this time of
year, are still a figment of our
summer garden imagination.
And, bananas are never normal
in our region of the world,
though our kitchen fruit basket is
rarely without them. Their abun
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5, 2003-B3
how far they travel to our local
fresh produce shelves.
My bagfuls were a mere sam
pling of the incredible array of
non-seasonal fresh produce avail
able year round —' from retail
ers. Sweet grapes and juicy pears,
crisp green beans, red and yellow
peppers, baby carrots, citrus of
many varieties and exotic treats
fill out sparse offerings that
would be normal for now. Vastly
improved methods of storage
keep even locally-grown goodies,
like apples, fresh and crisp
months longer than in the past.
Still, there are some delectable
treats that simply are not the
same out of their normal season.
I suddenly have this longing
for the taste of a fresh, home
grown, strawberry.
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