Harvest Eve

The first of the monthly Harvest Parties is this Saturday! For those of you who haven't heard, a group of friends (and friends of friends) are getting together monthly to celebrate what bounty our Boulder foodshed can provide. The first is at Caitlin's beautiful edible garden at 5162 Holmes Place. It's a local food potluck: if you can make it, plan on making a meal with mainly local ingredients - from your own garden, a neighbor's or with food purchased at the farmers market. Colorado booze is also more than welcome :) Come ready to eat Boulder - the party starts at 5:30pm.

For some inspiration, I bring you a snippet from Barbara Kingsolver's story (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle) about growing her own food, with her family, for a year. I imagine her own motivations are not so far from many of those in attendance this Saturday...

"We hoped a year away from industrial foods would taste so good, we might actually enjoy it. The positives, rather than the negatives, ultimately nudged us to step away from the agribusiness supply line and explore the local food landscape. Doing the right thing, in this case, is not about abstinence-only, throughing out bread, tightening your belt, wearing a fake leather belt, or dragging around feeling righteous and gloomy. Food is the moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with pleasure. Why resist that?"

I've included pictures of our garden. The Edible Deck will host the next Harvest Party in August - I hope it'll be ready!