The saying “save the best for last” suggests prioritizing the most valuable or enjoyable element until the end of a sequence or experience. It can be interpreted in various contexts, from enjoying the final course of a meal to waiting for the most important task or decision. Alternatively, some interpretations suggest that living in the moment and enjoying things as they come is preferable to saving the best for later.
This is AI’s overview of the saying ”saving the best for last”. My grandmother always wanted to eat desert first…that was her idea of living in the moment. The intention of calling this Saving the Best for Last CSA (or as we call it….last best) is to relive all the funny, serious, crazy, tragic, silly parts of the CSA for the last 20 years while creating our best last memories to add to it. OK, we’ll leave out the tragic parts…that might make it worst last;)
A previous member helped me relocate lost e-mails from 2009 forward. The CSA actually started in 2004, but I can’t remember when I started sending e-mails. It seems like a hand written recipe was included in the first buckets…or baskets I think they were.
I intend to share and include memories through the years….so hang on for some goat tying, bull fighting, snake handling, good grazing, apple pressing, butter churning, horse pulling kind of fun. Counting down the best last 10 weeks.
Farm News:
The top is our garden in 2009. Here is our garden late this morning, in 2025. Some things don’t change much. We were using lots of row cover back then for bugs. But otherwise….lots of brassicas.
May 10,2010 CSA e-mail:
My foal was finally born last Sunday night – 12 days late. All went well and I’m attaching a picture of Cash – my new four legged baby boy.Other animals are all doing well. Our neighbors called the other night to let us know our calves were in her raspberry patch – not the call you want to get at 9 o’clock when it’s dark and hard to see to round up calves and fix fence. Needless to say, we got it done. Guess that’s why they say good fences make good neighbors.
A 40 year old Letty. The picture referenced…
What a thrill. Cash, that foal, went on to become a lovely dressage horse for someone. Merle, the mother, is still with me. Neither of us look the same as in this picture! Older, greyer, and both a little lame. We have been together for close to 30 years.
And that’s Curtis’s dog Gram with us….the love of his life, probably more than me!!
Housekeeping:
If you are a new member, here is how it works. I leave you a bucket full of veggies….you leave the bucket for me the next week and I swap buckets.
What’s in the bucket: Swiss chard, a smatter of sugar snap or red snow peas, onions, new red, blue and white potatoes (for memorial day) , mustard or turnip greens, mint and yarrow bouquets, maybe a radish or 2. and strawberries from Jones Farm.
The recipe for this week…also a blast from the past. In 2012 and organization called Gaining Ground was created to help local food and local farmers gain some ground….so to speak. They released a series of small cookbooks. This recipe for Swiss Chard Patties comes from that. I don’t have carrots, but something tells me you could grate some potatoes and use that instead.
Happy Eating, Happy Memorial Day, Happy Best Last, and Thanks for buying local food from Circle S Farm!